AMBUSCADE

ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trap

(noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait

(verb) wait in hiding to attack

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ambuscade (plural ambuscades)

(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.

The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.

The body of troops lying in ambush.

Verb

ambuscade (third-person singular simple present ambuscades, present participle ambuscading, simple past and past participle ambuscaded)

(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Source: Wiktionary

Am`bus*cade", n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: The body of troops lying in ambush.

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.

Am`bus*cade", v. i.

Definition: To lie in ambush.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition