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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Setting-up exercise

· Set·ting-up· ex·er·cise · IPA
01 Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and …
  1. 1.
    Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.