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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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
While this was going on, a fresh body of Turks, bursting into the ditch, through a breach in the counterscarp, endeavored to carry the fortress by escalade.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
When the increasing height of walls made escalade too difficult, other means of attack had to be invented.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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
He was the same composed and self-possessed being in a besieged garrison, in the moment of a threatened escalade, as amongst his cronies by a winter fire-side.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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
But the walls did not give to the citizens all the security they desired; the ramparts might be battered down, escaladed, or the gates burst open.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
For facing us were the mountain heights, which had to be escaladed before we could leave the river gulch.
From An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by Morrison, George Ernest
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
“Well?” said the sergeant, as the man descended by means of the broken wash-stand and chair, which had been used for escalading purposes.
From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville
I caused a sloping picket fence, technically called a fraise, to be projected over the parapet on my side of the work, as an obstacle against an escalading party.
From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Doubleday, Abner
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
They had a forward rake to increase by the overhang the difficulty of escalading them.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon
This was not discovered till the assaulting party arrived without bridges, and with nothing but escalading ladders, which they attempted to use as bridges.
From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton
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