escalade
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- escalader noun
Etymology
Origin of escalade
1590–1600; < Middle French < Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal ( ar ) to scale 3 + -ada -ade 1
Example Sentences
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He stopped suddenly, and gazed for a moment at the riband on the top of the escalade.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
“What! are you certain of this?” cried he, eagerly; “is there not one side on which escalade is possible?”
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
Here again the defenders had not waited for the escalade, and this lunette, too, was immediately prepared for being held.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
The first necessity for the wall was height, to give security against escalade.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
The position was of great strength, and would have been an ugly place to carry by escalade.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
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