< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
AMBUSH (older form, “embush,” O. Fr. embusche, from the Ital. imboscata, in and bosco, a wood), the hiding of troops, primarily in a wood, and so any concealment for the purpose of a sudden attack.
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