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ensconce(dictionary)

earshot (iou) and ensconce (iou)


earshot (iou)



earshot noun. E17.
[from EAR noun1 + SHOT noun1, after bowshot etc.]
The distance over which something may be heard; hearing. Chiefly in within earshot, out of earshot.

ensconce (iou)



ensconce verb. Also insconce. L16.
[from EN-1, IN-2 + SCONCE noun2.]
verb trans. Provide with defensive earthworks; fortify. L16-M19.
verb trans. & intrans. Shelter within or behind a fortification. L16-M18.
verb trans. Establish or settle (esp. oneself) in a place for reasons of safety, Security, or comfort. (rare before E19.) L16.
J. C. Powys John and Mary had ensconced themselves on a small eighteenth-century sofa.