(military) To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces the enemy side.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time. / (UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.

plural of couple-close

(heraldry) A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.

plural of close helmet

plural of close shave

The property of being closed.

A chess game in which the queen's pawn advances two spaces in the first ply move, but not in the second ply move.

plural of semi-closed game

(uncountable, chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5, in which both White and Black move their queen's pawn to the fourth rank with their first move.