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Definition of Skirmishing

Skirmishing
Skirmish Skir"mish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skirmished; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirmishing.] [OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origin; cf. OHG. scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm, protection, shield, G. schirm; perhaps akin to Gr. ???? a sunshade. Cf. Scaramouch, Scrimmage.] To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.

Meaning of Skirmishing from wikipedia

- tactics are collectively called skirmishing. A battle with only light, relatively indecisive combat is often called a skirmish even if heavier troops are sometimes...
- Skirmish of Zdziar was a skirmish between Czechoslovakia and Poland. It occurred on 27 November 1938 and resulted in a Polish victory The battle happened...
- The skirmish at Sövde was an aerial incident in 1944 where a German Messerschmitt Me 410 and an American Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress accidentally flew...
- Chinese and Indian troops engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs, and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border, including near the disputed...
- The Skirmish at Joncherey (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃ʃʁɛ]) was a clash in the Territoire de Belfort, on the border between France and Germany, and was...
- The Skirmish at Bender (Swedish: Kalabaliken i Bender; Finnish: Benderin kalabaliikki) was devised to remove Charles XII of Sweden from the Ottoman Empire...
- Skirmish of Århus or Rytterfægtningen on 31 May 1849 was a skirmish during the First Schleswig War between Denmark and Prussia under the German Confederation...
- India–****stan border skirmish 2013 India–****stan border skirmishes 2014–2015 India–****stan border skirmishes 2016–2018 India–****stan border skirmishes 2019 India–****stan...
- The skirmish at Neuhof occurred in October of 1657 Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658 after the Swedes had found out about a Russian plan to attack Marienburg...
- The Skirmish at Pipli (Danish; Træfningen ved Pipli) or more formally the Destruction of the Danish factory at Pipli, was one of the two recorded land...