Found 2 items, similar to sortie.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sortie sortie n 1: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position [syn: sally] 2: (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sortie 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. [1913 Webster]