Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_crecy

1 sense of battle of crecy

Sense 1
Crecy, battle of Crecy -- (the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)