Middle English Dictionary Entry
embushed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | embushed ppl. Also embuished. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lying in ambush.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3007 : This kniht, which hoved and abod Embuisshed upon horse bak.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4610 : He cam enbusshed [from ambush] vppon Menelay, And hym vnhorseth.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)246 : Thei haue their men enbusshed in that streite passage.