单词 | embattle |
释义 | † embattlen. Obsolete. rare. = battlement n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements kernel?c1225 abattlementc1400 battlementc1400 battling1430 embattlea1547 embattlementa1552 crenellation1849 castellation1861 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ci Griped for hold thembatel of the wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). embattlev.1 1. transitive. To set (an army) in battle array. Also (Spenser), to arm, prepare for battle (an individual). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in battle array setc1275 host1297 ordainc1300 devisec1325 battle1330 arraya1375 stuffc1390 addressa1393 embattle1393 fit?a1400 stedilla1400 fewterc1440 to pitch (also set) a fielda1500 order1509 pitcha1513 deraign1528 marshal1543 re-embattle1590 size1802 form1816 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 247 He fonde His enemy full embatailed. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 152 Telleth how thei were in-batailed a-gein the xj kynges. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxvii. f. cxxxvii Than the Normans, Imbateled ye fotemen. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv When therle of Richmond knewe..the kyng was..nere embattayled. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 234/2 in Chron. I Herewith Malcolme enbatayling his people. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Q4v One in bright armes embatteiled full strong. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 155 As a General..mustereth and embattaileth his troops. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 457 It was three..before the King's army was embattled. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 242 But once embattled, what should hinder them from detecting a flaw in their commission? 2. a. reflexive. To form in order of battle; to take up a position in the field. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (reflexive)] > form in battle array embattlea1450 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 458 Eualach Enbatailled him In the feeld. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 Pream., Dyvers..inbatelled theymself..contrarie to the Dutie of their allegeaunce. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 272 He commaunded the first bands..should imbattell them selues. 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 531 Another had now slowly reared and embattled itself against the..Crescent. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > form in battle array host1430 embattle1601 1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. lx. f. 90v, in Wks. And neare Northampton both imbattalling, Made now the very hart of England bleed. 1662 ? Dk. Ormonde Laws & Ord. Army in Irel. Every..Souldier..shall keep silence when the Armie is..marching or imbattailing. 1737 R. Glover Leonidas ix. 14 An ample space, Where myriads might imbattle. 3. To fortify (a building, town, etc.). Cf. embattle v.2; in many passages it is impossible to say which verb is intended. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)] fastenOE enfirm1297 ofstrengthc1325 strengthc1325 warnc1330 ward1340 warnestorec1374 abattlec1380 embattlec1380 fortify1436 bulwark1450 strengthen1450 bastille1480 enstrength1483 rempare1525 munite1533 fence1535 force1535 ranforce1547 rampire1550 fort1559 ramforce1570 fortificate1575 refortify1579 ensconce1590 munify1596 sconce1598 renforce1602 harness1611 munish1633 tackle1645 schanze1901 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1684 Oppon ech pere þar stent a tour enbataild wyþ queynte engynne. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 152 The wals loftie and strongly embattelled. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. Q Embattelled according to the modern Art of Fortifications. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 126 Fear builds castles and embattles cities. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Sonnet to J. M. K. To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). embattlev.2 transitive. To furnish (a building, wall, etc.) with battlements. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > furnish with battlements battlea1400 embattlec1400 battlement1603 c1400 [implied in: Rom. Rose I saugh a gardyn..walled welle, With high walles enbatailled. (at embattled adj.2 1)]. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 37 I wil..that the Rysbygate..be..enbatelyd substancyally to endure. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 532 I enbatell a wall, I make bastylmentes upon it. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 18 Treury..embateling al the Waulles of the House in a maner made it a Castelle. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 753 To fortifie and Kernel his mansion house, that is, to embatle it. 1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxvi. §5 To build about and embattle a wall. 1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 71 Another parapet, pierced and embattled. 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. Introd. 23 Licenses to embattle manor-houses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1547v.1c1380v.2c1400 |
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