quick time

Military. a rate of marching in which 120 paces, each of 30 inches (76.2 cm), are taken in a minute.

Origin of quick time

First recorded in 1795–1805

The Huntsman team apparently went through all the stages of campaign death in quick-time: no money?

Plight of the Republican Presidential Race’s Zombie Candidates |Matt Bennett |January 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Theyd probably telegraph along the railroad, and hed be yanked back to the Henry Nellis quick-time.

Four Afloat |Ralph Henry Barbour
Pitamakan broke out with a quick-time dance-song of his people and danced a few steps to it as we neared the horses.

The War-Trail Fort |James Willard Schultz
Only when men began to lag behind was the return to regular "quick-time" ordered.

The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World War |H. G. Proctor

And if I do pass those examinations I shall be what they call a quick-time probationer.

Hilda |Sarah Jeanette Duncan
Being hungry took the heart out 381of the quick-time diana, played after a brilliant sortie.

The Missourian |Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

quick time

military the normal marching rate of 120 paces to the minute Compare double time (def. 3), double time (def. 4)