drillground

Captain John K. Nance was one of the best officers upon the drillground in the regiment, and had few equals as such in the brigade.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

They are equal to America's best on the drillground, on the athletic grounds, and on the field of bloody strife.

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905

For many minutes Shan Tung had stood at a window looking out upon the sunlit drillground and the broad sweep of green beyond.

The River's End James Oliver Curwood 1903