[SUB- 7 c.] A division or subdivision of a district. Also attrib.
1816. Bentham, Offic. Apt. Maximized, Extr. Const. Code (1830), 7. The Judicatory will be the immediate Judicatory of the sub-district in which the metropolis of the state is situated.
1871. Parl. Papers, Acc. & Papers, XXXIX. 459. Statement of the Divisions of the Country into Military Districts and Sub-Districts, showing the Numbers of Regular and Auxiliary Forces in each.
1876. Voyle & Stevenson, Milit. Dict., Brigade Depot, the head-quarters of a sub-district of the army. Under the new localisation of the British army, the military districts of Great Britain and Ireland are divided into 12 districts, which are sub-divided into 70 infantry and 12 artillery sub-districts, and 2 cavalry districts.
1882. Rep. Ho. Repr. Prec. Met. U.S., 268. Pine Grove district … now generally regarded as a mining camp or subdistrict of the Tiger.
1909. Westm. Gaz., 1 March, 2/2. District boards and sub-district boards.
