Defn: To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.
EMBATTLE
Em*bat"tle, v. i.
Defn: To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]
EMBATTLE
Em*bat"tle, v. t. Etym: [See Battlement.]
Defn: To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." Wordsworth.
EMBATTLED
Em*bat"tled, a.
1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Having the edge broken like battlements; — said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.