单词 | embattling |
释义 | embattlingn.1 The action of embattle v.1, embattle v.2: (a) arraying (troops) in order of battle; (b) taking up a position for fighting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > arraying in order of battle embattling1531 marshalling1816 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. viii. sig. Di The..embataylynge of his enemies. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 47 These sundry sorts of imbattailling of men. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 154 Th' embattelling of horse and foot. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. vi. 63 The Macedonians were the most famous for this Way of Imbatteling. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 502. ⁋5 To enumerate..the embattling of armies..would be to transgress the bounds of this paper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). embattlingn.2 concrete in Heraldry; see quot. 1753 and cf. embattled adj.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] engrailing1486 indenting1486 champain1562 purfle1562 pertingent1610 pertransient1610 purfling1610 welt1688 embattling1753 fesse-line1775 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The heralds express this embattled line by the term crenellé; and when it has the embattling on both sides..they then call it bretessé. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). embattlingadj. That forms in order of battle. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > formed or forming in battle array embattled1475 battled1592 embodied1667 embattling1796 1796 S. T. Coleridge Relig. Musings in Poems Var. Subj. 148 Embattling Interests on each other rush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11531n.21753adj.1796 |
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