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单词 embattling
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embattlingn.1

/ɛmbatlɪŋ/
Etymology: < embattle v.1 + -ing suffix1.
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.
plural.1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 8 The Velites..both in Embattellings and Campings..were mixt with the other three [bodies].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

embattlingn.2

/ɛmˈbatlɪŋ/
Etymology: < embattle v.2 + -ing suffix1.
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.

Etymology: < embattle v.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: emˈbattling.
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).
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