emboyssement

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === embusshement === Etymology === See embushment. === Noun === emboyssement (plural emboyssements) An ambush. late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 31, line 2509: === References === “emboyssement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.