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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An attempt to escalade the fortress was made, under the guidance of a native goat-herd.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
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 earliest form of attack was of course escalade, either by ladders or by heaping up a ramp of faggots or other portable materials.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Seizing one of the axes, I attacked the lower rigging vigorously, cutting through shrouds, slings, braces, and halyards, everything that came within reach, thus making my position secure from escalade.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
For it is according to eternal fitness, that the precipitated Titan should still seek to regain his paternal birthright even by fierce escalade.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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