Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.

(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike. / (comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.

(obsolete) A soldier, a warrior. / (astrology, obsolete) A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.

(law, military) A court where cases of military law are heard. / (law, military) A trial before such a tribunal.

(law, military) To subject to trial in a military court.

A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point. / (nautical) A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.

To employ the martingale strategy in gambling.

Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.

A hammer, especially a war hammer.

(obsolete) To strike a blow with, or as with, a hammer.