Also 7 besiedg-. [f. as prec. + -MENT.] The action of besieging or state of being besieged; also fig.
1564. Golding, Justine, 31 (R.). Setting before their eies besiegement, hungar, and the arrogant enemy.
1577. Test. 12 Patriarchs (1604), 75. The Lord shall bring upon you famine, and … wrathful besiegement.
a. 1679. T. Goodwin, Wks. (1865), X. 481. An unheard-of way of besiegement.
