Also sorty-. [f. prec.] intr. To make a sortie; to sally. Hence Sortieing ppl. a.
1871. G. J. Holyoake, in Standard, 27 Jan., 5/. Pressing on, the sortying party advanced up the heights.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 23 Nov., 7/2. Unsuccessful attempts to sortie are supposed to have been made.
1904. Daily Chron., 23 May, 5/1. To cover the movements of the sortieing force.
