Sortie - Wikipedia In siege warfare, the word sortie refers specifically to a sudden sending of troops against the enemy from a defensive position—that is, an attack launched against the besiegers by the defenders If the sortie is through a sally port, the verb to sally may be used interchangeably with to sortie
SORTIE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com SORTIE definition: a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers See examples of sortie used in a sentence
Sortie - definition of sortie by The Free Dictionary 1 outing, trip, expedition, excursion, jaunt, spin (informal), awayday, pleasure trip From here we plan several sorties into the countryside 2 raid, operation, mission, flight They flew 2,700 sorties in a day and didn't lose a single plane
sortie - WordReference. com Dictionary of English sor•tie ˈsɔrti n , v , -tied, -tie•ing n [countable] Military a rapid movement of military forces in attack: Hundreds of sorties were flown from the aircraft carrier v [no object] Military to go on a sortie
sortie noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of sortie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a flight that is made by an aircraft during military operations; an attack made by soldiers synonym raid They had made several sorties against enemy troops He led his platoon in a sortie against the enemy