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What (who) is mêlée - definition
DISORGANIZED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT FOUGHT AT CLOSE RANGE WITH LITTLE CONTROL ONCE STARTED
Meleé; Melée; Melee combat; Mêlée combat; Meele; Mêlée; Melees; Melee phase; Melee attack; Melee (warfare); Pell mell
![Melee aboard ships at the [[Battle of Sluys]] 1340 (BNF Fr. 2643, 15th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BattleofSluys.jpeg?width=200 "Melee aboard ships at the [[Battle of Sluys]] 1340 (BNF Fr. 2643, 15th century)")
melee
['m?le?]
¦ noun a confused crowd or scuffle.
Origin
C17: from Fr. melee, from an OFr. var. of meslee (see medley).
Melee
A melee ( or , French: mêlée ) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts. In military aviation, a melee has been defined as "[a]n air battle in which several aircraft, both friend and foe, are confusingly intermingled".
melee
also melee
(melees)
1.
A melee is a noisy confusing fight between the people in a crowd. (WRITTEN)
A policeman was killed and scores of people were injured in the melee.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
A melee of things is a large, confusing, disorganized group of them. (WRITTEN)
...the melee of streets around the waterfront.
N-SING: usu N of n
Wikipedia
Melee
A melee ( or , French: mêlée [mɛle]) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts. In military aviation, a melee has been defined as "[a]n air battle in which several aircraft, both friend and foe, are confusingly intermingled".
Examples of use of mêlée
1. The Liverpool fans staged a riot, ripped out 68 seats, showered the home fans with coins and, in the mêlée, injured one of their own, disabled fans.