embatailler (1378)
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embatailler (1378)

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  FEW:  battualia 1,290a Gdf:  embataillier 3,26c GdfC: ∅ TL: embataillier 3,37 DEAF:  bataille (embataillier)  DMF:  embatailler  TLF: ∅ OED:  embattle v.1  / embattle v.2  / embattled a.1  / embattled a.2  MED:  embataillen v.1  / embataillen v.2  / embatailled a.  DMLBS: ∅
embaiteller,  embatailer;  enbatailler,  enbateiler,  enbateller,  enbatiller  

v.a.

1archit.mil.build.to embattle, furnish with a defensive parapet on top of a wall: 
( 1378 )  le dit barbycan serra doublement embataillez  456
( 1419 )  [...] qe le dit suppliant [...] ferroit enbatailler le dit esteple ovesqz legemenz et tables accordauntz  495

p.p._as_a.

1mil.(of an army) drawn up in battle array: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le roy d’Engleterre esteaunt devaunt la dite citee et ses gentz enbatellez serrément  46.26
( 1406 )  tiendront champ traiterousement ové force et armes enbattaillez juxt Topcliff  iii 604
2 decor. crenallated, furnished with an ornamental edge or outline shaped like battlements: 
( 1396-1404 ) .j. hanap ou le covercle d'argent endorrez et enaymellez ové diverses ymageries, gravez ové divers foils et le covercle enbatillez, ové .j. pinacle sur le pomell  202.R627
batailler  embataillement 
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