tattoo

The evening sound of drum or trumpet, after which the roll is called, and all soldiers not on leave of absence should be in their quarters.

← tatties × taunt →

Tattoo
·vt To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
tattoo
A beat of the drum, of signal for soldiers to go to their quarters, and a direction to the sutlers t...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
tattoo
v. and n. to mark the humanbody with indelible pigments. The word is Polynesian; itsfirst occurrenc...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris