Source : WordNet®

battle of the Chemin-des-Dames
     n : a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to
         attack before the American numbers were too great to
         defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be
         a strategic failure [syn: {Soissons}, {battle of
         Soissons-Reims}, {battle of the Aisne}]