Definition of "umbeset" in 英语

verb

1. (archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward.

   • […] , and pressing to have bereft them of their lives by umbesetting of the high gates to that effect at divers times of before, […]
   • […] that king on one occasion, April 1535, having to grant a letter of protection in favour of him ‘and his wife and bairns’ against Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtonne and thirty-four others for ‘umbesetting the highway for his slaughter.’

2. (archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overwhelm; cover completely.

   • The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery.