escalade

[ es-kuh-leyd, -lahd, es-kuh-leyd, -lahd ]

/ ˌɛs kəˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd, ˈɛs kəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd /

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noun

a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, especially in an assault upon a fortified place.

verb (used with object), es·ca·lad·ed, es·ca·lad·ing.

to mount, pass, or enter by means of ladders.

Words nearby escalade

esbo, esc., escabeche, escadrille, escadrille américaine, escalade, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia

Origin of escalade

1590–1600; < Middle French < Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal(ar) to scale³ + -ada -ade¹

OTHER WORDS FROM escalade

es·ca·lad·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for escalade

In that scene, would they really drive around in an Escalade?
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I mean, he bought her an Escalade, but she still had to make the payments.
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For Oprah, that might mean a cookie instead of a whole cake; for the rest of us, perhaps a movie instead of an Escalade.
The Great Binge|Jessi Klein|December 11, 2008|DAILY BEAST
At Cardevola, the enemy had two forts, which were carried by escalade.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII|Robert Kerr

He was answered that the faubourg, being walled and moated, could be taken only by escalade or battery.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84|John Lothrop Motley
The remainder of his troops diverged a little to the right to escalade the breach in the Kashmir bastion.
Forty-one years in India|Frederick Sleigh Roberts
With 1200 men he took Hoorn by escalade; plunder-laden and sated, they returned to the sea.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
He determined, therefore, to attempt to carry the place by escalade.
The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving|Washington Irving

British Dictionary definitions for escalade

escalade

/ (ˌɛskəˈleɪd) /

noun

an assault by the use of ladders, esp on a fortification

verb

to gain access to (a place) by the use of ladders

Derived forms of escalade

escalader, noun

Word Origin for escalade

C16: from French, from Italian scalata, from scalare to mount, scale ³

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escalade

noun

verb (used with object), es·ca·lad·ed, es·ca·lad·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for escalade

noun

verb

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