escalade
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of escalade
1590–1600; < Middle French < Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal ( ar ) to scale 3 + -ada -ade 1
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But their artillery was too light to make any impression on the fortifications, the fire from which cut their fascines to pieces and dismounted their guns; so Montgomery determined to carry the works by escalade.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
He determined, therefore, to attempt to carry the place by escalade.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
In the reign of Queen Mary this stronghold was taken by an escalade.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
The escalade of masonry escarpments eighteen feet high can never be successful without much preparation.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
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
He escaladed the path, left it, returned to it, quick and venturous.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
They collided with terrific force and, telescoping being out of the question since both were loaded with minerals, escaladed each other in Eiffel-tower fashion.
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman
Meanwhile the first column under Nicholson escaladed the breaches near the Cashmere gate, and pushed along the ramparts toward the Kabul gate, carrying the several bastions in the way.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Here it was met by the second column under Brigadier Jones, who had escaladed the breach at the Water bastion.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Fifty men had escaladed the wall before the alarm spread through the town; a gate was soon burst to permit the entrance of Count Maurice with a body of cavalry.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
The walls of the peaceful Mission garden and the warlike presidio were alike lost in the escalading vines or leveled by the pushing boughs of gnarled pear and olive trees that now surmounted them.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Harte, Bret
He was a fortress that required to be stormed, but there was considerable local curiosity about him, so that by-and- by escalading parties were formed, some of which were partly successful.
From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund
It might be thought that this manner of building offered considerable facilities to an escalading enemy.
From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William
General Schoedde’s brigade, however, was received by a hot fire of guns, jingalls, and matchlocks, and in consequence he gave orders for immediately escalading the walls.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles
About 8 o'clock in the evening of June 3, 1916, the Germans attempted to surprise the fortress at the southeast by escalading the ravine which cuts the bank of the Meuse near Damloup.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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