ambushment
Example Sentences
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Walkyn, Ulf! here hath been an ambushment, methinks—'tis a likely place for such.
From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery
"I wish to Our Lady you may, my lord," answered Ludovic; "but it wounds me to the very midriff, to think my sister's son should fear an ambushment."
From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
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
O brother," whispered Giles, "ne'er saw I place sweeter or more apt for ambushment.
From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery
