escalade

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

noun

1. 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.

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

escalade

/ ˌɛskəˈleɪd /

noun

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

verb

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

Derived Forms

• ˌescaˈlader, noun

Other Words From

• esca·lader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of escalade¹

1590–1600; < Middle French < Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal ( ar ) to scale ³ + -ada -ade ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of escalade¹

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

Example Sentences

So far this year, sales of the hybrid versions of the Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Silverado have been 20 and 12, respectively.

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Lisi then returned and joined Ford in his car, a Cadillac Escalade.

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In that scene, would they really drive around in an Escalade?

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Minutes after Tiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a tree, his wife Elin told police that he had been drinking.

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There are only photos of Nordegren in her yoga pants and aviators, day in and day out, pumping gas into the Woods family Escalade.

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But though the leaders of the escalade had begun mounting the walls with great spirit, they foundDifficulties of the escalade.

From Project Gutenberg

Citizens and refugees refused to admit a royal garrison, and foiled the attempt to capture the place by escalade.

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Immediately afterwards, the enemy endeavoured to take the fort by escalade, but were repulsed with great slaughter.

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Twice afterwards, Raju made repeated attempts to carry the place by escalade, but was both times repulsed with much slaughter.

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The remainder of his troops diverged a little to the right to escalade the breach in the Kashmir bastion.

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Related Words

• ascend
• clamber
• go up
• mount
• rise
• scale
• soar
• top