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单词 ambushment
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ambushmentn.

Brit. /ˈambʊʃm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈæmbʊʃmənt/
Forms:

α. Middle English abuchement, Middle English abuschement, Middle English–1500s abusshement, 1500s abuschment, 1500s abusshment, 1500s–1600s abushment; Scottish pre-1700 abuscheament, pre-1700 abuschement, pre-1700 abushment; N.E.D. (1884) also records the forms Middle English abuschment, Middle English abushment.

β. Middle English anbuschyment, Middle English emboyssement, Middle English embuisschement, Middle English embuschement, Middle English enbuchyment, Middle English enbuschement, Middle English enbuschyment, Middle English enbussement, Middle English–1500s embusshement, Middle English–1500s embusshment, Middle English–1500s enbusshement, 1500s ambushement, 1500s ambushemente, 1500s ambushmente, 1500s embuschemente, 1500s embushmente, 1500s embusshemente, 1500s–1600s embushement, 1500s–1600s embushemente, 1500s–1600s embushment, 1500s– ambushment, 1600s ambusment, 1600s embuschment; also Scottish pre-1700 ambuschement, pre-1700 embuchement, pre-1700 embuschement, pre-1700 embuschment, pre-1700 embushement, pre-1700 embushment, pre-1700 enbuschement, pre-1700 enbuschment; N.E.D. (1884) also records the forms Middle English enbuschment, Middle English enbushment, Middle English enbusshment.

γ. Middle English inbusshement, Middle English inbusshemente, Middle English–1500s imbusshement, 1500s imbushement, 1500s imbushment.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French enbuchement, abuscement.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enbuchement, enbuschement, enbuissement, (with prefix substitution: compare a- prefix5) abuscement, abuschement, Anglo-Norman and Middle French embuschement, embussement, Middle French embuissement ambush (c1155 in Old French), in Anglo-Norman also trickery, deceit (last quarter of the 12th cent.) < embuscher , enbuscher , etc. ambush v. + -ment -ment suffix. Compare later ambush n., which largely superseded this word, and the aphetic doublet bushment n.Compare post-classical Latin imboscamentum (14th cent.), Italian imboscamento (a1304). Notes on forms. The α. forms reflect Anglo-Norman forms with prefix substitution (compare a- prefix5); compare α. forms at ambush v. With forms with initial am- compare ambush v. and ambush n. In γ. forms apparently partly after Italian imboscamento, and partly showing alteration after classical Latin im- im- prefix1, in- in- prefix3. Stress patterns. This word was originally stressed on the second syllable. The position of stress apparently varied in early use between the first and second syllables. First-syllable stress is attested from the early 16th cent. (compare e.g. quot. a1522 at sense 1β. ), while second-syllable stress is still attested in the early 17th cent.
1. Military. A positioning of soldiers, etc., in a concealed place, in order to surprise and attack an enemy; the condition or position of being concealed in such a way. Also: the surprise attack itself. Cf. ambush n. 1a. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > sudden or surprise attack > ambush
wanlacec1330
ambushmentc1380
bushmentc1380
ambush1489
ambuscade1589
ambuscado?1591
embuscado1686
α.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4340 Ȝe mote leue with ȝoure power On a-buchement..In a wode þat ys þer faste by.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxviii. sig. Fij To putte abusshement where as they shal passe fore by.
1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1941) II. x. x. 49 [They] enterit at sindry partis of þe toun with sindry abuscheamentis.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie ii. 45 Vs to intrap abushment one they plast.
1612 J. Monipennie in Miscellanea Scotica (1818) I. 94 [He] was inclosed with an abushment.
β. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 812 Of þys anbuschymenȝ þan brek out Bruyllant..& Sortybrant..with hure rout.?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 187 Ne man ne hors suld go Þorgh þat enbussement.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Ellesmere) (1872) §2509 Countrewayte embusshementz [c1405 Hengwrt emboyssementz] and alle espiaille.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 45 Thai maid enbuschement [1489 Adv. baid in buschement] all the nycht.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. x. 67 Ly at wait in quyet enbuschment.1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 239 Fallynge amonge theyr embushmentes.1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxvi. v. 298 While in ambushment close they lay on land.1676 I. Mather Hist. King Philip's War (1862) 166 He hath as it were set Ambushments against the Enemy.1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) ii. 304 Being drawn into an ambushment by a small number of the enemy, [they] found themselves surrounded.1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 93 Then from his ambushment shall Abyes rush.1896 C. Murray Morning Sunlight 160 They were to pursue certain military tactics—ambushments, feigned flight, &c.1988 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 74 1191 Native warfare..frequently consisted of guerrilla raids and ambushments conducted in forest regions by small companies.γ. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 27 I wolde kynge Ban and Bors with hir felyship of ten thousand men were put in a woode here besyde in an inbusshemente.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 234 Comen all fressh of here in-busshement.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxi. 254 Capitaynes of this imbusshement.a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iv. f. 59 Benadad the King of Syria..laid imbushments priuily to trap Ioram the King of Israell by the way.
2. Military.
a. A body of soldiers forming an ambush, considered collectively. Also occasionally in plural in the same sense. Cf. ambush n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > ambushing force
ambushmenta1393
bushmentc1465
ambush1489
ambuscado1595
ambuscade1645
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 3476 Thembuisschementz tobrieken alle And him beclipte on every side.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 9157 (MED) Polydomas..rides forth by brynke & bonk To assaut with that abuschement.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1407 (MED) Thane þe enbuschement of Bretons brake owte at ones.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxlijv He with an imbusshement of Englishemen, laye in a valey nye to the fortresse.
1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. F.iiii Hee..brought them hastely agayn pursuyng him where his Ambushmentes lay, who assayling them on euery syde easily slewe them.
?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶1v An ambushment broken forth from the houses behind them.
1697 W. Wynne et al. tr. Caradoc of Llancarvan Hist. Wales 190 Causing all the Woods thereabouts to be cut down, for fear of any Ambushment lurking therein.
b. A body of soldiers detailed to make a surprise attack or attacks (without being concealed in ambush). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > surprise party
bushmenta1535
ambushment1549
surprise-party1840
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Aaiiij Judas..was prouydyng among the byshoppes and preistes, to come with an imbushment of Jewes to take our sauiour Jesu Christ.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 13) i. 105 Of Souldiers there useth to be a Van-guard, main Battalio, Reer, right and left Wings, and Ambushments.
3. figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. ambush n. 3. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > collectively
ambushmentc1425
toil1570
tangling1575
c1425 Castle of Love (Egerton) (1967) l. 478 (MED) Here hid God his gret power in mannes liknes, And laide enbuschement for the fend.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 346/2 All subtilties and ambushments that the diuell layeth against vs.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 3 The close ambushment of worst errors.
1678 S. Speed tr. Valerius Maximus Romæ Antiquæ Descriptio vii. 311 The private friend, and ambushments of Cuckoldry.
1776 Triumphs of Cross vi. 178 The hellish pow'rs will..By secret snares and ambushments allure Thy soul to danger, and thy fall procure.
1891 W. H. H. Murray Myst. of Woods xix. 272 Ye can't tell jest where he's hidden, and he [sc. the Lord] onkivers his ambushments of marcy quicker than a Huron does the ambushment of his devilment.
1982 Science 24 Sept. 1207 Will scientists and engineers be prepared to travel that road with the specter of ambushment no farther distant than the next professional meeting?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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