cab rank
English
editNoun
edit- Synonym of taxi rank
- (military) A group of aircraft that remain airborne in order to attack targets quickly when requested.
- 1953, Denis George Richards, Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders, Royal Air Force: The fight is won (page 352)
- Their presence with the army greatly heartened the rank and file, as did the appearance above the battlefield of "cab ranks" of fighters and fighter-bombers.
- 1953, Denis George Richards, Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders, Royal Air Force: The fight is won (page 352)