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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
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
Against this has been set an optimistic evolution, pictured like an escalade with resident forces lifting the world to better days.
From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry
Impatient, however, of the delay of his fleet, which was detained by the weather, he determined not to wait for the artillery, but to attempt to carry the fort by escalade.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
