单词 | ambuscadoed |
释义 | † ambuscadoedadj. Obsolete (archaic in later use). Lying in ambush, concealed so as to make a surprise attack. Also: caught in an ambush, waylaid. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > lying in wait counterwaiting1594 ambuscadoed1613 waylaying1623 ambuscading1683 grassanta1734 ambuscaded1776 1613 G. Markham Second Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 53 That Theefe, and most lustfull rauisher of Virgines,..whom in their pursuite of the chase, they had found ambuscadoed to take aduantage of euery weake fortune. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 27 A princesse, ambuscadoed between hunters and savage beasts. 1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. E2 To finde his Ambuscado'd Verses out, Which on all sides besiege me round about. 1881 R. Dowling Husband's Secret III. 26 It [sc. a mill-wheel] stood up in the twilight a gaunt skeleton of defunct activity or the crouching monster of some ambuscadoed outrage upon peace. 1887 A. F. MacKenzie Chess 134 We will let a Black Bishop check and be pinned by a White Bishop, after a Hook, which screens the ambuscadoed Bishop, interposes and mates. 1928 W. Bloem Son of his Country iii. ix. 205 There, in the midst of the ambuscadoed Frenchmen, desperately plying their muskets, shows the tall form of an officer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < adj.1613 |
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