n.
Pronunciation: ' am-b ə - ˌ sk ā d, ˌ am-b ə - '
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French embuscade, modification of Old Italian imboscata, from imboscare to place in ambush, from in (fr. L) + bosco forest, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German busc forest ― more at IN , BUSH
Date: circa 1588
: AMBUSH
– ambuscade verb
– am · bus · cad · er noun