Escadrille
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small squadron.
- 2 an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) wordnet
- 3 A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France. historical
- 4 a small squadron wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).