AMBUSCADE


Meaning of AMBUSCADE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈam-bə-ˌskād, ˌam-bə-ˈ ]

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

• am·bus·cad·er noun

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