drill team

noun

1. a group trained, especially for exhibition purposes, in precision marching, the manual of arms, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drill team¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

His grades were mediocre, but he excelled in the Army’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, becoming leader of the precision drill team and achieving the top rank of cadet colonel.

From Washington Post

From that point on, so the story goes, the ladies learned to march with the precision of a drill team.

From Project Gutenberg

My reason for asking Oswald to join was I noticed—we had a drill team, we were real proud of our drill team.

From Project Gutenberg

They stood in drill-team ranks, moving and shouting abuse in perfect unison.

From Project Gutenberg