• Serried

    Full definition of serried

    Adjective

    serried

    1. crowded together in rows
      • 1899, Joseph Conrad, ,Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.
      • 1912, 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike, They have, in the security of their sumptuous offices, behind stout mill gates and serried rows of bayonets and policemen's clubs, defied the State, city, and public.
      • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 45:The Murris in their serried invisible ranks crowd around her.

    Usage notes

    Used especially of ranks of troops.

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