Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sortie"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sortie \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sortie
n 1: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from
their position [syn: {sally}]
2: an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military
operation)
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