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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AM'BUSCADE, n. [Eng. bush.]
1. Literally, a lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise: hence, a lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose.
2. A private station in which troops lie concealed with a view to attack their enemy by surprise; ambush.
AM'BUSCADE, v.t. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a concealed position.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise [syn: ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trap] v
1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French embuscade, modification of Old Italian imboscata, from imboscare to place in ambush, from in (from Latin) + bosco forest, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German busc forest — more at in, bush Date: circa 1588 ambush • ambuscade verb • ambuscader noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. an ambush. --v. 1 tr. attack by means of an ambush. 2 intr. lie in ambush. 3 tr. conceal in an ambush. Etymology: F embuscade f. It. imboscata or Sp. emboscada f. L imboscare: see AMBUSH, -ADE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ambuscade Am`bus*cade", n. [F. embuscade, fr. It. imboscata, or Sp. emboscada, fr. emboscar to ambush, fr. LL. imboscare. See Ambush, v. t.] 1. A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush. 2. A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly. [R.] --Dryden. 3. (Mil.) The body of troops lying in ambush.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ambuscade Am`bus*cade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ambuscaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambuscading.] 1. To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush. 2. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ambuscade Am`bus*cade", v. i. To lie in ambush.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Ambush, cover, retreat, hiding-place, lurking-place.