Definition of "stand-to" []

• A state of readiness assumed by ground troops at dawn and dusk in wartime. (noun)
• A state of readiness assumed by ground troops at dawn and dusk in wartime. (verb)

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• "Had to wait on after stand-to 3 a.m. in case the Briggie comes along."
• "The soldiers on both sides of the trenches followed routines: a full alert, known as “stand-to,” at dawn and dusk."
• "Wheeler ordered a stand-to when this strange little procession was seen approaching the east corner of the entrenchment, and went off himself with Moore to meet it, and a few minutes later word was passed for me and Vibart, who was up at my end of the parapet, to present ourselves."