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▪ I. embattling, vbl. n.1|ɛmbætlɪŋ|
[f. embattle v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb embattle1; a. arraying (troops) in order of battle; b. taking up a position for fighting.
1531Elyot Gov. i. viii. (1557) 21 The..embattaylynge of his enemies. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iii. ii. 47 These sundry sorts of imbattailling of men. 1611Chapman Iliad xvi. 154 Th' embattelling of horse and foot. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece iii. vi. (1715) 58 The Macedonians were the most famous for this Way of Imbattling. 1712Steele Spect. No. 502 ⁋5 To enumerate..the embattling of armies..would be to transgress the bounds of this paper.
pl.1677Earl of Orrery Art of War 8 The Velites..both in Embattellings and Campings..were mixt with the other three [bodies].
▪ II. embattling, vbl. n.2|ɛmˈbætlɪŋ|
[f. embattle v.2 + -ing1.]
concr. in Her.; see quot. and cf. embattled ppl. a.2 2.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The heralds express this embattled line by the term crenellé; and when it has the embattling on both sides..they then call it bretessé.
▪ III. emˈbattling, ppl. a.
[f. embattle v.1 + -ing2.]
That forms in order of battle. fig.
1794Coleridge Relig. Musings vi, Embattling interests on each other rush. |