Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ambuscade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ambuscade \Am`bus*cade"\, v. i.
To lie in ambush.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ambuscade
n : the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack
by surprise [syn: {ambush}, {lying in wait}, {trap}]
v : wait in hiding to attack [syn: {ambush}, {scupper}, {bushwhack},
{waylay}, {lurk}, {lie in wait}]
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