battle of the chemin-des-dames

What does battle of the chemin-des-dames mean?

battle of the chemin-des-dames means "a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure".

What is another word for battle of the chemin-des-dames?

Close synonyms include Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Aisne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle of the chemin-des-dames a common word?

battle of the chemin-des-dames is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for battle of the chemin-des-dames come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.