bush-fightingn.

/ˈbʊʃˌfʌɪtɪŋ/

Forms: see bush n.¹ and fighting n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bush n.¹, fighting n.

Etymology: < bush n.¹ + fighting n. Compare bush-fighter n.

Guerrilla warfare in the bush. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > manner of fighting > guerrilla fighting

bush-fighting1758

bushwhacking1864

1758 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 101 [I] improved this Day chiefly in y^e exercise of Bush Fiting.

1758 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 187 The Rangers exercise in Scout marches and Bush fighting.

1760 in Wesley Jrnl. 22 Nov. (1827) III. 26 You may keep up..a little bush-fighting in controversy; you may skirmish awhile.

a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 90 Pray let us leave this bush-fighting.

1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 189 Accustomed to bush-fighting in his own country.

1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 76 The very Indian allies, though accustomed to bush-fighting, regarded it as..full of frightful danger.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	bush-fighting
释义	bush-fightingn. /ˈbʊʃˌfʌɪtɪŋ/ Forms: see bush n.¹ and fighting n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bush n.¹, fighting n. Etymology: < bush n.¹ + fighting n. Compare bush-fighter n. Guerrilla warfare in the bush. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > manner of fighting > guerrilla fighting bush-fighting1758 bushwhacking1864 1758 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 101 [I] improved this Day chiefly in y^e exercise of Bush Fiting. 1758 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 187 The Rangers exercise in Scout marches and Bush fighting. 1760 in Wesley Jrnl. 22 Nov. (1827) III. 26 You may keep up..a little bush-fighting in controversy; you may skirmish awhile. a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 90 Pray let us leave this bush-fighting. 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 189 Accustomed to bush-fighting in his own country. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 76 The very Indian allies, though accustomed to bush-fighting, regarded it as..full of frightful danger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1758
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