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U.S. Military Dictionary

1. The process by which units participating in an amphibious or airborne operation group together or assemble when feasible or move to temporary camps in the vicinity of embarkation points, complete preparations for combat, or prepare for loading. 2. The process of assembling, holding, and organizing supplies and/or equipment, especially vehicles of transportation, for onward movement. See also stage; staging area. (JP 3-17)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Marshal Mar"shal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marshaledor Marshalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Marshaling or Marshalling.] 1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. 2. To direct, guide, or lead. Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. 3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.