Synonyms for escadrille
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : es-kuh-dril, es-kuh-dril; French es-ka-dree-yuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛs kəˈdrɪl, ˈɛs kəˌdrɪl; French ɛs kaˈdri yə |
Définition of escadrille
Origin :- from French escadrille, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra "square, squad, squadron," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare, from Latin quadrare "to square" (see quadrant).
- As in squadron : noun military unit
- We had little thought that an escadrille of German planes could reach Paris.
- Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
- He began to think of what the boys of the escadrille would say.
- Extract from : « Don Hale with the Flying Squadron » by W. Crispin Sheppard
- Our escadrille had been in Luxeuil during the months of April and May.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
- The news of Rockwell's death was telephoned to the escadrille.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
- He was the founder of the American escadrille and every one in it had come to rely on him.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
- The escadrille passed through Paris on its way to the Somme front.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
- But why me any more than you, Tom, or any other fellow in the escadrille?
- Extract from : « Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines » by Charles Amory Beach
- I looked for my escadrille, and saw these machines way off in the distance.
- Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
- And all the pilots of the escadrille, in turn, came to sign it.
- Extract from : « Georges Guynemer » by Henry Bordeaux
- Like all worth-while institutions, the American Escadrille, of which I have the honour of being a member, was of gradual growth.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
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