serried
/ˈsɛrɪd
/adjective [attributive]
(Of rows of people or things) standing close together: serried ranks of soldiers the serried rows of vines...
- To put young adolescents into serried rows of desks for hour upon hour is just not any way to learn at all.
- Archives are imagined as dusty places; serried rows of boxes, books or film canisters shrouded in a fine, grey-white cloak.
- The Fat Duck's kitchen is so small that a lot of the storage is in garden sheds, lined up in serried rows outside.
Synonyms
close together, packed together, close-set, dense, tight, compact;
massed, assembled, tiered
Origin
Mid 17th century: past participle of serry 'press close', probably from French serré 'close together', based on Latin sera 'lock'.