serried

English

Adjective

serried (comparative more serried, superlative most serried)

1. crowded together in rows
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 2

     Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.

   • 1912, Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence, Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence

     They have, in the security of their sumptuous offices, behind stout mill gates and serried rows of bayonets and policemen's clubs, defied the State, city, and public.

   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 45:

     The Murris in their serried invisible ranks crowd around her.

Usage notes

• Used especially of ranks of troops.

Translations

Anagrams

• desirer
• redries