embushment

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noun

An ambush.

OriginMiddle English embushement ← Old French embuschement →
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Meanings

nounembushment (plural embushments)

plural embushments

  1. obsoleteAn ambush.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchembuschement
  2. Middle Englishembushement
  3. Englishembushment

From Middle English embushement, from Old French embuschement.

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embushment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embushment

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“embushment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embushment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embushment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embushment.

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