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ambushmentn.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 Compare later ambush n., which largely superseded this word, and the aphetic doublet bushment n.Compare post-classical Latin imboscamentum (14th cent.), Italian imboscamento (a1304).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. society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > sudden or surprise attack > ambush α. c1380 (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 i. xxviii. sig. Fij To putte abusshement where as they shal passe fore by. 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece (1941) II. x. x. 49 [They] enterit at sindry partis of þe toun with sindry abuscheamentis. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in ii. 45 Vs to intrap abushment one they plast. 1612 J. Monipennie in (1818) I. 94 [He] was inclosed with an abushment. β. c1380 (1879) l. 812 Of þys anbuschymenȝ þan brek out Bruyllant..& Sortybrant..with hure rout.?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 187 Ne man ne hors suld go Þorgh þat enbussement.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1872) §2509 Countrewayte embusshementz [c1405 Hengwrt emboyssementz] and alle espiaille.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 45 Thai maid enbuschement [1489 Adv. baid in buschement] all the nycht.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xi. x. 67 Ly at wait in quyet enbuschment.1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in (1808) I. 239 Fallynge amonge theyr embushmentes.1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto xxxvi. v. 298 While in ambushment close they lay on land.1676 I. Mather (1862) 166 He hath as it were set Ambushments against the Enemy.1765 T. Hutchinson (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. 93 Then from his ambushment shall Abyes rush.1896 C. Murray 160 They were to pursue certain military tactics—ambushments, feigned flight, &c.1988 74 1191 Native warfare..frequently consisted of guerrilla raids and ambushments conducted in forest regions by small companies.γ. a1470 T. Malory (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) 234 Comen all fressh of here in-busshement.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. ccxi. 254 Capitaynes of this imbusshement.a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington (1585) iv. f. 59 Benadad the King of Syria..laid imbushments priuily to trap Ioram the King of Israell by the way.†2. Military. society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > ambushing force a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. l. 3476 Thembuisschementz tobrieken alle And him beclipte on every side. c1425 (c1400) l. 9157 (MED) Polydomas..rides forth by brynke & bonk To assaut with that abuschement. c1440 (?a1400) l. 1407 (MED) Thane þe enbuschement of Bretons brake owte at ones. 1548 f. cxlijv He with an imbusshement of Englishemen, laye in a valey nye to the fortresse. 1574 B. Rich 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 iii. sig. ¶1v An ambushment broken forth from the houses behind them. 1697 W. Wynne et al. tr. Caradoc of Llancarvan 190 Causing all the Woods thereabouts to be cut down, for fear of any Ambushment lurking therein. society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > surprise party 1549 H. Latimer 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 (i. 13) i. 105 Of Souldiers there useth to be a Van-guard, main Battalio, Reer, right and left Wings, and Ambushments. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > collectively c1425 (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 346/2 All subtilties and ambushments that the diuell layeth against vs. 1641 J. Milton Pref. 3 The close ambushment of worst errors. 1678 S. Speed tr. Valerius Maximus vii. 311 The private friend, and ambushments of Cuckoldry. 1776 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 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 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). < n.c1380 |