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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It had finally been decided to carry the town by escalade, and this was to be attempted during the first snow-storm, such as that which finally came on this night preceding Sunday, December 31st.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
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
Fatah sought out his young brother, Dost Mohammed, gave him in charge to a trusty adherent, fixed an income for his support, and marched away to besiege Qandhar, which he took by escalade.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
The assailants had no heavy artillery, nor any material for escalade; but they had money, and gold proved a better battering-train than lead.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
These provided flanking fire along the front; they also afforded refuges for the garrison in case of a successful escalade, and from them the platform could be enfiladed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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