Definitions
wait in hiding to attack
Word origin
From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.
Used in a sentence
“Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.”
“the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:”
“Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Surprise attack”6 letters
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