serried

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of serry

comparative more serried · superlative most serried

1. Crowded together in rows.

   Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.

   1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part II

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   Steady and slow, as soldiers go in some serried dress parade, With flags a-dance in their cool advance came the gallant gray brigade,

   1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Garden of Years and Other Poems (poem), Gettysburg

   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.

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

   Although [John] Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100

   The Murris in their serried invisible ranks crowd around her.

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