Obs. [Sp. carga charge.] (See quot.)
1625. Markham, Souldiers Accid., 60. [Of] the Sounds and Commands of the Trumpet … (which we generally call Poynts of Warre) there are sixe:… The fift is, … Carga, Carga,—or— An Alarum, Charge, Charge. Which sounded, every man (like Lightning) flyes vpon his enemie.
