Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mode of fighting in which the combatants scatter and fire from behind the shelter of bushes or trees.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
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- noun
Fighting in thebush , or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He learned lessons from Braddock's defeat and trained his troops in both the rigorous discipline of British troops and the "bushfighting" tactics of Indian warriors.
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Bouquet was a veteran of the great war, and knew bushfighting from seven years 'experience on Pennsylvania frontiers.
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The very Indian allies, though accustomed to bushfighting, regarded it as almost impenetrable, and full of frightful danger.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850
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As to Wyeth, and his little band of "downeasters," they were perfectly astounded by this second specimen of life in the wilderness; the men, being especially unused to bushfighting and the use of the rifle, were at a loss how to proceed.
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The very Indian allies, though accustomed to bushfighting, regarded it as almost impenetrable, and full of frightful danger.
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The very Indian allies, though accustomed to bushfighting, regarded it as almost impenetrable, and full of frightful danger.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Washington Irving 1821
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As to Wyeth, and his little band of "downeasters," they were perfectly astounded by this second specimen of life in the wilderness; the men, being especially unused to bushfighting and the use of the rifle, were at a loss how to proceed.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Washington Irving 1821
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"downeasters," they were perfectly astounded by this second specimen of life in the wilderness; the men, being especially unused to bushfighting and the use of the rifle, were at a loss how to proceed.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850
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a worthy foe, I am all for open war, and not this bushfighting, and have not had, nor will have, any thing to do with it.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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