||Ti`rail`leur" (?), n. [F., from
tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.]
(Mil.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in
the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the
enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied
to all troops acting as skirmishers.
||Ti`rail`leur" (?), n. [F., from
tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.]
(Mil.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in
the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the
enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied
to all troops acting as skirmishers.
