Definition of "parade-ground" [parade-ground]

• A level space used for the assembly and array of troops, as well as for exercises in drilling, marching, etc: same as parade, 4. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Others try to make something tidy and classically restrained out of music that moves from haunted-house creepiness through fractured Viennese waltzes and mandolin serenades to an Elgar-on-steroids, parade-ground finale."
• "Often he saw these boats turn aside from the street and enter the flooded square that marked the Barracks 'parade-ground."
• "In the past, McChrystal has often expressed unease with the pomp and circumstance of the institutional Army, and he tried to avoid a big parade-ground send-off in favor of something quieter and low-key."