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drill shed
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a building with a spacious open floor where the militia perform marching and other exercises.
See: drill hall
Quotations
1867
The Georgetown Drill Shed has been finished for a considerable time, and the contractor has not yet received the price of the materials bought for it.
1899
. . . two hundred stalwart men presented themselves in Embro ready for drill. Crittendom's distillery was extemporized for a drill-shed.