Meaning of SORTIE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sortee
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- [n] a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | sally |
| |
| | See Also: | | action, flight, flying, military action | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Sor"tie\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sortir to go out, to
issue, probably fr. L. sortus, for surrectus, p. p. of
surgere to raise up, to rise up. See {Source}.] (Mil.)
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a
besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
|
|