They break the truce, and sally out by night. Dryden.

The foe retires, -- she heads the sallying host. Byron.

Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss. Bacon.

Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track. Locke.

The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies. Sir W. Scott.

The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. Sir H. Wotton.

Sally port. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.