Battle of Britain
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The prolonged aerial operations over Southern England and the Channel, August-September 1940, in which the
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Battle of Britain” mean?
The prolonged aerial operations over Southern England and the Channel, August-September 1940, in which the
Is “Battle of Britain” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.