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.

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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

Words nearby escalade

Esbo, esc., escabeche, escadrille, Escadrille Américaine, escalade, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia

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How to use escalade in a sentence

So far this year, sales of the hybrid versions of the Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Silverado have been 20 and 12, respectively.
Hybrid Cars Are Niche No More|The Daily Beast|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lisi then returned and joined Ford in his car, a Cadillac Escalade.
Rob Ford’s Web of Criminal Friends|Michael Daly|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In that scene, would they really drive around in an Escalade?
‘Homeland’: Showtime’s Thriller Gets Fact Checked by an Intelligence Expert|Samantha Zalaznick|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Minutes after Tiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a tree, his wife Elin told police that he had been drinking.
The Tiger Coverup|Steve Helling|May 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST

There are only photos of Nordegren in her yoga pants and aviators, day in and day out, pumping gas into the Woods family Escalade.
The Elin Strategy|Rebecca Dana|April 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But though the leaders of the escalade had begun mounting the walls with great spirit, they foundDifficulties of the escalade.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
Citizens and refugees refused to admit a royal garrison, and foiled the attempt to capture the place by escalade.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Immediately afterwards, the enemy endeavoured to take the fort by escalade, but were repulsed with great slaughter.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI|Robert Kerr
Twice afterwards, Raju made repeated attempts to carry the place by escalade, but was both times repulsed with much slaughter.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI|Robert Kerr
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

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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