noun
in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
• Syn: ↑Yorktown
• Regions: ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑siege, ↑besieging, ↑beleaguering, ↑military blockade
• Part Holonyms: ↑American Revolution, ↑American Revolutionary War, ↑War of American Independence, ↑American War of Independence
Useful english dictionary. 2012.