Embattled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embattled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Embattling}.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) +
     F. bataille battle. See {Battle}, and cf. {Battlement}.]
     To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to
     prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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           One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
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           Here once the embattled farmers stood
           And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a.
     1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of
        a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
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     3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or
        field. --J. Baillie.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embattled
       adj 1: beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled
              troops"; "an embattled governor"
       2: prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
       3: having repeated square indentations like those in a
          battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {crenelated}, {crenelate},
           {crenellated}, {crenellate}, {indented}]