chamade

[ shuh-mahd ]

nounMilitary Archaic.

a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley.

Origin of chamade

1675–85; <French <Portuguese chamada, equivalent to cham(ar) to sound (<Latin clamāre to shout; see claim) + -ada-ade¹

Words Nearby chamade

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How to use chamade in a sentence

A white flag waved on the rampart, and the drums of the garrison beat the chamade.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV. | Various
Upon which Harsch, next morning, has to beat the chamade, and surrender Prisoner of War.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
He asked me, "Don't you know the rules of war, then; that you fire after chamade is beaten?"
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
I answered in my heat, "I knew of no chamade; what poltroonery or what treachery had been going on, I knew not!"
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
He had gone through all his money, and had now only the farm of La chamade left.
A Zola Dictionary | J. G. Patterson

British Dictionary definitions for chamade

chamade

/ (ʃəˈmɑːd) /

noun

military (formerly) a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley

Origin of chamade

C17: from French, from Portuguese chamada, from chamar to call, from Latin clamāre

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