emboyssement
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See embushment.
Noun[edit]
emboyssement (plural emboyssements)
- An ambush.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 31, line 2509:
- Thanne shul ye evermore countrewayte embusshements and alle espiaille.
- Then shall you evermore watch out for ambushes and all espionage.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 31, line 2509:
References[edit]
- “emboyssement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.