yorktown

Noun yorktown has 2 senses

• yorktown(n = noun.location) - a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution;
is a kind of hamlet, village
is a part of old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia

• yorktown(n = noun.act) siege of yorktown - in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution;
is a kind of beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege
is a part of american revolution, american revolutionary war, american war of independence, war of american independence