Bush'ment, n.

n. [O. Eng. bushement, bush, ambush, from bush. Cf. AMBUSH.]

1. A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Obs.] “Woods, briers, bushments, and waters.” Raleigh.
2. An ambush; an ambuscade. [Obs.]

Environing him with a bushment of soldiers, laid before in the mountains for the same purpose. Goldyng. 3. Any concealed body of men. [Obs.] In the nether end of the hall, a bushment of the Duke’s servants, ... began suddenly at men’s backs to cry out, ... King Richard! Sir T. More.