Definition of "land-service" [land-service]

• The service of the army on land, as opposed to that of the navy on the sea. (noun)
• The army; that branch of the armed forces of a country which serves on land. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As I was then advised by my learned counsel in the laws of this land-service, I did not come."
• "And then for the land-service, to see how the bear tore out his shoulder-bone; how he cried to me for help and said his name was Antigonus, a nobleman."
• "Whereas Philopoemen, thinking his skill in land-service would equally avail at sea, learned how great a part of valor experience is, and how much it imports in the management of things to be accustomed to them."