cherubs
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hebrew כרוב (“cherub”) + English -s plural suffix
Noun
[edit]cherubs
- plural of cherub
- (aviation, military, slang) A multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft.[n 1]
Synonyms
[edit]- cherubim (traditional plural)
References
[edit]- ^ United States Department of Defense Air Land Sea Application Center (May 2020), “Multi-service Brevity Codes”, in Brevity: Multi-service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Multi-service Brevity Codes[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2021, page 6: “CHERUBS: Height of FRIENDLY aircraft in hundreds of feet above surface.”