sally

IPA: sˈæɫi

A willow
Any tree that looks like a willow
An object made from the above trees' wood
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
A sudden rushing forth.
(figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
An excursion or side trip.
A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
(New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
A kind of stonefly.
A wren.
A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
(Britain, slang) A nickname for the Salvation Army

(intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).
(intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
(intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.

Examples of "sally" in Sentences

a timely sally from the town; and he had fixed his lieutenant,
And as you said, most jails do have what they call a sally port.
And yes mummy, sally is browner (and thankfully smaller than Clifford).
Durazzo to assist their own deliverance by a well-timed sally from the town.
Miranda urged him to come over to the insurgent side but Santa Anna made a bold sally from the city and broke the siege.
Of such soldiers, few could be tempted to sally from the gates; and none could be persuaded to remain in the field, unless they wanted strength and speed to escape from the
The Apulian and Ragusian vessels fled to the shore, several were cut from their cables, and dragged away by the conqueror; and a sally from the town carried slaughter and dismay to the tents of the Norman duke.
'Squander the hell-rook ranks sally to molest him' means 'Scatter the ranks that sally to molest him': but since the words _squander_ and _sally_ occupy similar positions in the two sections of the verse, and are enforced by a similar accentuation, the second verb deprived of its pronoun will follow the first and appear as an imperative; and there is nothing to prevent its being so taken but the contradiction that it makes in the meaning; whereas the grammar should expose and enforce the meaning, not have to be determined by the meaning.