Fatigue duty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
    fatigue.
    • the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson
    • they were assigned to kitchen fatigues

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Definitions
  1. (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow.

Webster 1913