Definition of "bushment" [bush•ment]

• An ambush. (noun)
• The troops concealed in an ambush. (noun)
• A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed. (noun)

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• "And there was a recounter, for the bushment brake on the Romans, and slew and hew down the Romans, and forced the Romans to flee and return, whom the noble knights chased unto their tents."
• "And therewith turned their horses and rode over waters and through woods till they came to their bushment, whereas"
• "How Sir Launcelot had word how the queen was taken, and how Sir Meliagrance laid a bushment for"