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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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 stopped suddenly, and gazed for a moment at the riband on the top of the escalade.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
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 William Hickling Prescott
The position was of great strength, and would have been an ugly place to carry by escalade.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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 Samuel Henry Prince
Anon, however, when by way of a garden gate and an easily escaladed balcony he found himself in the presence of Isabella, the delight of her effaced all other considerations.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series by Rafael Sabatini
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 S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
He escaladed the path, left it, returned to it, quick and venturous.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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 Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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 George Ernest Morrison
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 Edmund Gosse
They had a forward rake to increase by the overhang the difficulty of escalading them.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
“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 George Manville Fenn
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 Bret Harte
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
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