embattle.
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
Meaning & usage
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
To be arrayed for battle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).
To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to.
to embattle a wall
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
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