Main Entry: am·bus·cade

Pronunciation: \ˈam-bə-ˌskād, ˌam-bə-ˈ\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French embuscade, modification of Old Italian imboscata, from imboscare to place in ambush, from in (from Latin) + bosco forest, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German busc forest — more at in, bush

Date: circa 1588

: ambush

— ambuscade verb

— am·bus·cad·er noun