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Sortie

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sortie'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sortie.html. 1828.