embattled

pa. p. drawn up in line of battle,arrayed inposition for battle排列战线，摆好阵势。
△H.V.4.2.14:“The English are embattled,you French peers.”英国军队已经摆好了战线，各位法国贵族们。(按：embattled又作embattailed，意同。)
△Wiv.2.2.264(250): “Which now are too too strongly embattled against me.”那些现在就像铜墙铁壁似的摆在我的面前。