ambushment
Example Sentences
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On the 8th August they came to an ambushment all prepared, but it had been abandoned for some unknown reason.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden
Also Sir Kay came out of an ambushment with five knights with him, and they six smote other six down.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
So from that on we went as men whose lives are held in pawn by a hidden foe, looking at every turn for an ambushment.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
Constant lightning in a particular place indicated an ambushment of the enemy.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambushment.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
