— ambuscader , n.
/am"beuh skayd', am'beuh skayd"/ , n. , v. , ambuscaded, ambuscading .
n.
1. an ambush.
v.i.
2. to lie in ambush.
v.t.
3. to attack from a concealed position; ambush.
[ 1575-85; embuscade, alter. (under influence of OF embuschier; see AMBUSH) of MF emboscade imboscata, fem. ptp. of imboscare, v. deriv. with in- IN- 2 of bosco wood, forest bosk- BUSH 1 ]