embattled

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).

   • O Prince, O Chief of many Throned Powers, / That led th' imbattelld Seraphim to Warr / Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds / Fearleſs, endanger'd Heav'ns perpetual King; […]
   • I fight vvith Hector and his hoſt, alone, / Left, hemm'd around by multitudes, I fall; / For Hector, by his vvhole imbattled force / Attended, comes.
2. 2

   Of a place

   Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).

   • The Element euery night vvas embattailed vvith Armed men, skyrmiſhing and conflicting amongſt themeſlues; and the imperiall Eagles of Rome, vvere plainly there diſplayed to all mens ſight.
3. 3

   Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.

   • Now finding herself under rapid and accurate fire from the Alabama and Washington, Nagato is embattled, whilst Yamato has to switch to partially engage Iowa.
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   1. 4

      simple past and past participle of embattle

   2. 5

      Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.

      Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.

   3. 6

      Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like…

      Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.

      • Argent, a Feſs embattled and tvvo Eſtoils in Chief, Sable, is born by the Name of Tvvyne, and vvas atteſted to belong (and vvas confirm'd) to Tvvyne of Preſton in the County of Lancaſter, Eſquire, […]
      • All theſe bearings have different Epithets, ſerving either to expreſs their Poſition, Diſpoſition, or Make, viz. […] Tovvers covered, embattled, &c. […]

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