See Also: serried(dictionary)
serried(dictionary)

serried (iou)



serried adjective. M17.
[Either from SERRY + -ED1, or repr. a disyllabic pa. pple of SERR.]
(Of ranks of soldiers etc.) pressed close together, shoulder to shoulder; gen. arranged in close-packed rows or lines. M19.
R. Godden Those back-to-back, serried houses of the Midlands. D. Bogarde Tables carrying a wide assortment of glasses in serried ranks.
Of argument, etc.: closely reasoned, compact in expression. rare. L19.