embattle
/ɪmˈbat(ə)l
/ /ɛmˈbat(ə)l/verb [with object] archaic
1Make (an army) ready for battle: it was three o’clock before the king’s army was embattled
2Fortify (a building or place) against attack: fear builds castles and embattles cities
Origin
Middle English: from Old French embataillier.
Rhymes
- New England aster
- New England boiled dinner
- New England clam chowder
- New Englander
- New Englandish
- New Englandism
- New Englandize
- New England mayflower
- New England theology
- New Englandy
- New English
- New English Bible
- new entry
- new Eve
- Newf
- new face
- new-fallen
- newfangled
- newfangledness
- newfangleness
- new-fashioned
- new federalism
- new federalist
- Newfie
- Newfie joke