procinct

A state of complete readiness for action.

Noun

  1. A state of complete readiness for action.
    • Warr he perceiv'd, Warr in procinct, and found Already known what he for news had thought To have reported - 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter...
  2. Obsolete spelling of precinct.

Origin

From Latin procinctus, from procingere, procinctum (“to gird up”).