Meanings
- pluralplural onlygovernmentThe portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place.
War Production Board poster Production is your Protection - Back Up Our Battleskies!
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Because military planes are worth more than their weight in gold when they're badly needed — and such is usually the case in the battleskies of the world today — Uncle Sam has developed the world's best masters of improvisation in his globe-covering Army Air Forces Air Service Command, the outfit that literally "keeps 'em flying."
1944, The Curtiss Flyleaf, volumes 27-28, page 3
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
- Latinbattuō
- Late Latinbattālia
- Old Frenchbataille
- Middle Englishbatayle
- Englishbattle
- Englishskies
- Englishbattleskies
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battleskies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleskies
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