单词 | to make a sally |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a sally a. A sudden rush (out) from a besieged place upon the enemy; a sortie; esp. in the phrase to make a sally. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > discontinuing of siege > sally issuea1450 excourse?1520 sally1560 sallying1560 a sault out1560 out-sally1598 outfall1637 sortie1778 razoo1864 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxiiijv The French men that wer besieged make many sales oute. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 141 That night the Spaniards made a salley..to disturbe our Campe. 1648 in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) 170 Poyer making lately a salley out of Pembrooke Castle, and those from Tenby..assisting him, they haue utterly defeated the besiedgers. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 314 The Captains..of the Town of Mansoul agreed, and resolved upon a time to make a salley out upon the camp of Diabolus. View more context for this quotation 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 483 A garrison..which is able to resist assaults..and often to make successful sallies. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 396 He there remained..without throwing away his ammunition excepting when he could do it with effect in judicious sallies. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lvii. 185 A well-timed sally..dispersed the Leontine land force. < as lemmas |
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