manoeuvre

• Their object was evident to all of us: they had halted between us and the sun It was a cunning manoeuvre--worthy of a war-party of Indians--and told us we had no common enemy to deal with. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
• As the manoeuvre was a trick of my accomplice, who privately gained by the operation, I took no notice of what was delivered or taken away Finally, all was ready. —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
• By this simple manoeuvre, boats and vessels could pass each other very easily, and generally the manoeuvre was executed in a prompt and very skilful manner. —  Rollo in Holland
• Copley was not prepared for this manoeuvre, and he leaped to get the whistling sphere, which, however, came high and wide, forcing him to reach for it The umpire had barely time to run forward a short distance ere he stopped and crouched as Grant flung himself headlong in a slide. —  Rival Pitchers of Oakdale
• This manoeuvre was soon worn out. —  The History of Tasmania , Volume II

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