abreast

• First it was fours abreast, then by twos, and then a rush to troop front, when, in a long line, they swept around as if they had been harnessed to a beam by traces of equal length After some more evolutions a half-dozen were picked out and put through their paces. —  Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle
• They faced me three abreast, and one of them fumbled in the clasp of his shirtcloak I edged backward, my own hand racing up for a skean I hadn't carried in six years, and fronted them squarely, hoping I could face down the prospect of a roughhouse. —  The Door Through Space
• But I knew I would never be sure We walked abreast, my arm around the weary, stumbling woman, and Rakhal said softly at last, "Like old times It wasn't old times, I knew. —  The Door Through Space
• Marching four abreast, a column of casualties miles in length. —  Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army
• Three horses abreast, their coats white with pendent icicles and hoar-frost, were harnessed to the sleigh; the centre animal was in the shafts and had his head fastened to a huge wooden head-collar, bright with various colors. —  Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

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