escalade
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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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For escalade they used ladders fixed on wheeled platforms; but the most important means of attack against a high wall were the movable towers of wood.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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
By this time the freebooters had won the drawbridge, and, displaying their colours on the edge of the ditch, demanded means for the escalade.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
“What! are you certain of this?” cried he, eagerly; “is there not one side on which escalade is possible?”
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
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 Washington Irving
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 Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
The cart on my right, defended by George, was escaladed by three wolves, one of which was immediately disabled by a thrust of the vigorous old man's pike.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various
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
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
This court, moreover, was entirely hemmed in by a wall, which, if successfully escaladed, would lead us to the parade ground of the chateau.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
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 Seton Churchill
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
It was this Yorinobu who won such fame by escalading the castle of Taira Tadatsune and who established his family's footing in the Kwanto.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
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 Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
“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
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