Chapter Fian to Field of the Cloth of Gold of F by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Field Marshal A general officer of the highest rank, who commands an army, or, at any rate, more than one corps.

Field Officer Any officer between captain and a general officer. A major or a lieutenant-colonel may be a field officer, being qualified to command whole battalions, or a "field."

Field Pieces Small cannon carried into the field with an army.

Field Works Works thrown up by an army in besieging or defending a fortress, or in strengthening its position.

"Earth-forts, and especially field works, will hereafter play an important part in wars." - W.T. Sherman: Memoirs, vol.ii. chap. xxiv. p. 398.

Field of Blood Aceldama, the piece of land bought by the chief priests with the money which Judas threw down in the temple; so called because it was bought with blood-money. (Matt. xxvii. 5; Acts i. 19.)
    The battle-field of Cannæ (B.C. 216) is so called because it was especially sanguinary.

Field of Ice A large body of floating ice.

Field of Vision or Field of View. The space in a telescope, microscope, stereoscope, etc., within which the object is visible. If the object is not distinctly visible, it must be brought into the field by adjustment.

Field of the Cloth of Gold The plain, near Guisnes, where Henry VIII. had his interview with Francois I. in 1520; so called from the splendour and magnificence displayed there on the occasion.