a tract of land reserved by the Crown for the use of military establishments.
- 1797  Military reserve. The digging of Holes or Pits for loam on the common, is forbidden.
- 1839  (1955)  The college ground possesses the advantage of being dry and healthy, where the Military Reserve will probably remain for some time longer little better than a swamp.
- 1932  He bought a house at Niagara, situated on the military reserve, enlarged it, and obtained a lease of the land on which it stood.