ambushment

Example Sentences

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I hold it a sin to kill the second buck afore the first is eaten, unless a march in front, or an ambushment, be contemplated.

From The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore

O brother," whispered Giles, "ne'er saw I place sweeter or more apt for ambushment.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

Their overnight bivouac was not above a mile beyond the glade of 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

Then he knew; saw it all as clearly as though he had witnessed it—the ambushment in the blinding sandstorm; the terror-stricken Waco; the frightened ponies; the lunging and swaying buckboard.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

Walkyn, Ulf! here hath been an ambushment, methinks—'tis a likely place for such.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery