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单词 embattle
释义

embattlen.

Forms: In 1500s embatel.
Etymology: < embattle v.2
Obsolete. rare.
= battlement n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements
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battling1430
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embattlementa1552
crenellation1849
castellation1861
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ci Griped for hold thembatel of the wall.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

embattlev.1

/ɛmˈbat(ə)l//ɪmˈbat(ə)l/
Forms: α. Middle English–1500s embataile, enbataile, 1500s embattail(e, -ayl, (1800s archaic embattail), 1500s embatteil, Middle English–1500s enbatel(l, -yl, 1500s–1700s embattel(l, (1500s enbattle, 1600s embatle), 1500s– embattle. β. Middle English–1500s imbatail, imbattail, 1500s–1600s imbattel, inbattel, 1600s–1700s imbattle.
Etymology: Middle English embataile , < Old French embataillier to prepare for battle, < en- (see en- prefix1) + bataille battle n.
1. transitive. To set (an army) in battle array. Also (Spenser), to arm, prepare for battle (an individual).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in battle array
setc1275
host1297
ordainc1300
devisec1325
battle1330
arraya1375
stuffc1390
addressa1393
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fit?a1400
stedilla1400
fewterc1440
to pitch (also set) a fielda1500
order1509
pitcha1513
deraign1528
marshal1543
re-embattle1590
size1802
form1816
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 247 He fonde His enemy full embatailed.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 152 Telleth how thei were in-batailed a-gein the xj kynges.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxvii. f. cxxxvii Than the Normans, Imbateled ye fotemen.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv When therle of Richmond knewe..the kyng was..nere embattayled.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 234/2 in Chron. I Herewith Malcolme enbatayling his people.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Q4v One in bright armes embatteiled full strong.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 155 As a General..mustereth and embattaileth his troops.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 457 It was three..before the King's army was embattled.
1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 242 But once embattled, what should hinder them from detecting a flaw in their commission?
figurative.1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 65 Embattailing our selues against sinne, we must vse the weapons and Arts of all Nations.a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1041 in Wks. (1640) III With ability to render the one lov'd, the other hated, by his proper embattaling them.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 214 Yet let us not embattle our feelings against our reason.
2.
a. reflexive. To form in order of battle; to take up a position in the field.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (reflexive)] > form in battle array
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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 458 Eualach Enbatailled him In the feeld.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 Pream., Dyvers..inbatelled theymself..contrarie to the Dutie of their allegeaunce.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 272 He commaunded the first bands..should imbattell them selues.
1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 531 Another had now slowly reared and embattled itself against the..Crescent.
b. intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > form in battle array
host1430
embattle1601
1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. lx. f. 90v, in Wks. And neare Northampton both imbattalling, Made now the very hart of England bleed.
1662 ? Dk. Ormonde Laws & Ord. Army in Irel. Every..Souldier..shall keep silence when the Armie is..marching or imbattailing.
1737 R. Glover Leonidas ix. 14 An ample space, Where myriads might imbattle.
3. To fortify (a building, town, etc.). Cf. embattle v.2; in many passages it is impossible to say which verb is intended. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
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strengthc1325
warnc1330
ward1340
warnestorec1374
abattlec1380
embattlec1380
fortify1436
bulwark1450
strengthen1450
bastille1480
enstrength1483
rempare1525
munite1533
fence1535
force1535
ranforce1547
rampire1550
fort1559
ramforce1570
fortificate1575
refortify1579
ensconce1590
munify1596
sconce1598
renforce1602
harness1611
munish1633
tackle1645
schanze1901
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1684 Oppon ech pere þar stent a tour enbataild wyþ queynte engynne.
1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 152 The wals loftie and strongly embattelled.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. Q Embattelled according to the modern Art of Fortifications.
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 126 Fear builds castles and embattles cities.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Sonnet to J. M. K. To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

embattlev.2

/ɛmˈbat(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English enbatel, 1500s enbatell, embatel, 1600s embatle, 1600s– embattle.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + battle v.2; apparently not in Old French.
transitive. To furnish (a building, wall, etc.) with battlements. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > furnish with battlements
battlea1400
embattlec1400
battlement1603
c1400 [implied in: Rom. Rose I saugh a gardyn..walled welle, With high walles enbatailled. (at embattled adj.2 1)].
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 37 I wil..that the Rysbygate..be..enbatelyd substancyally to endure.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 532 I enbatell a wall, I make bastylmentes upon it.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 18 Treury..embateling al the Waulles of the House in a maner made it a Castelle.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 753 To fortifie and Kernel his mansion house, that is, to embatle it.
1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxvi. §5 To build about and embattle a wall.
1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 71 Another parapet, pierced and embattled.
1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. Introd. 23 Licenses to embattle manor-houses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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