ambushment
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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 Francis Lynde
They would blunder down the pitch into the arroyo, perhaps glancing back, fearful of pursuit, but apprehending no ambushment.
From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Henry Herbert Knibbs
It was three or four days after, at the least, that I had intended returning; and by that time, no doubt, our friends would have had their ambushment complete.
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
And Joshua sent them forth: and they went to the ambushment, and took their place between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua camped that night among the people.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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 Francis Lynde
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