ambushment

Example Sentences

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Thereafter let it be that our knights withdraw as though in retreat, and so lead this knight and the knights of the castle into an ambushment.

From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Pyle, Howard

Constant lightning in a particular place indicated an ambushment of the enemy.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

"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

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 Hall, Newton Marshall

Not he, not he; he is as prudent as he is brave, in the main, though so forgetful of himself in the late ambushment.

From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore