[f. SQUAD sb.1]
1. trans. To divide or form into squads; to draw up in a squad.
1802. James, Milit. Dict., To Squad, to divide a troop or company into certain parts, in order to drill the men separately, or in small bodies.
1841. Lever, C. O’Malley, lxxxvi. 416. I say, lads, squad your men and form on the road.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 16 July, 8/2. A few Lancashire and metropolitan corps are squadded first this morning.
2. To assign or allocate to a squad.
1802. James, Milit. Dict., s.v., Recruits should always be quartered and squadded with old soldiers who are known to be steady and well behaved. Ibid., The stables must likewise be squadded entire; that is, no one stable must be allotted to two separate squads.
Hence Squadded ppl. a.
1896. Daily News, 18 July, 6/4. Three Squadded Competitions have been finished this evening.
