DCHP-3

military reserve

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tract of land reserved by the Crown for the use of military establishments.

Quotations

1797
Military reserve. The digging of Holes or Pits for loam on the common, is forbidden.
1839
The college ground possesses the advantage of being dry and healthy, where the Military Reserve will probably remain for some time longer little better than a swamp.
1932
He bought a house at Niagara, situated on the military reserve, enlarged it, and obtained a lease of the land on which it stood.