emboyssement

Middle English

Alternative forms

• embusshement

Etymology

See embushment.

Noun

emboyssement (plural emboyssements)

1. An ambush.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 31, line 2509:

     Thanne shul ye evermore countrewayte embusshements and alle espiaille.

     Then shall you evermore watch out for ambushes and all espionage.

References

• “emboyssement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.