Outbrave. To excel in bravery or boldness; to defy.
Outfit. In the British service, is the necessaries, uniform, etc., which an officer provides when he is gazetted to a regiment, or as proceeding to India. No allowance is made for an outfit, excepting in case of officers first promoted from the ranks, when £100 is granted to infantry and £150 to cavalry officers.
Outflank. To go beyond on the flank or side; to get the better of, as by extending one’s lines beyond or around that of one’s enemy.
Outgeneral. To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill.
Outguard. A guard at a distance from the main body of an army; or a guard at the farthest distance; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
Outline, or Tracing. Is the succession of lines that show the figure of the works, and indicate the direction in which the defensive masses are laid out, in order to obtain a proper defense.
Outlyers. In the British service, formerly this term applied to men who were permitted to work, on condition that the whole of their pay was left in the hands of their captain for the time they were so employed. This sum the officer appropriated to his own use, to enable him to increase his pay and to keep a handsome table when he mounted guard. It was also a common practice to place on the muster-rolls the names of officers’ children, and instances have occurred of girls receiving men’s pay as outlyers.
Outlying. Lying or being at a distance from the main body; as, outlying pickets. Also, being on the exterior or frontier.
Outmanœuvre. To surpass in manœuvring.
Outmarch. To march faster than; to march so as to leave behind; as, the horse outmarched the foot.