Crossword clues for skirmished
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: skirmish)
Usage examples of "skirmished".
Though express after express had been sent off praying that ammunition might be sent, none had arrived, and the two fleets lay six miles apart without action, save that the galleasses came out and skirmished for a while with the English ships.
The flower of the Roman archers, on horseback, and in complete armor, skirmished without peril round this immovable phalanx.
About noon the light cavalry skirmished with the enemy and fell back, but were not followed.
In the border lands to the east, our troops still skirmished with the former inhabitants of the lands there, trying to make them settle and see that the greater good of all demanded that they accept our civilization.
Even so, we had skirmished with the plainsmen for more than two years before the King’s advisors recognized that specialized training was required to create a cavalla that could deal with the plainspeople’s unconventional fighting style.
She herself had seen war and skirmished against the Yezda when they first conquered Vas purakan.
These skirmished with the Roman pickets there, threw their torches and shot fire arrows, then fell back when they saw the defense ready for them.
The Jaelre skirmished frequently with the minotaurs back then, and these caverns were guarded by both physical and magical defenses.
Dogs barked a nd skirmished, and hens pecked busily among the fallen straw.