recce

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  Reconnaissance.
 * 2) * 1953, J. (Julian) Maclaren-Ross, The Weeping and the Laughter: A Chapter of Autobiography
 * Visiting the town on what in the more recent war we called a recce, she arranged a tennis-match with Dolly, guessing that the girl would be a bad loser.

Adjective

 * 1)  Relating to reconnaissance.
 * 2) * 1946, United States. Congress. American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas, Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
 * There appears a captured photograph showing cruiser or battleship recovery of an old Jap float recce plane.

Verb

 * 1)  Reconnoitre.