HyperDic: fort_ticonderoga

English > 1 sense of the expression Fort Ticonderoga:
NOUNactFort Ticonderoga, Ticonderogaa pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops / troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775
English > Fort Ticonderoga: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops / troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.
SynonymTiconderoga
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofAmerican Revolution, American Revolutionary War, War of American Independence, American War of IndependenceThe revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain
RegionNew YorkOne of the British colonies that formed the United States
SpanishFort Ticonderoga
CatalanFort Ticonderoga

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