serried
Word family verbserrserrynounserrefileadjectiveserried
ser·ried /ˈserid/ adjectiveadj [no comparative, usually before noun] literary serried ranks• At least a hundred thousand people surrounded the cathedral where the chiefs in all their finery were massed in serried ranks.• Dexter stood at the back of the conference suite behind the video cameras and serried ranks of reporters.• There were occasions to admire the police enmasse as they marched in serried ranks to patriotic tunes from the Police Band. Origin serried (1600-1700) serry “to press close together” ((16-19 centuries)), from French serrer, from Late Latin serare “to lock”