escalade
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
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 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
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
The assailants had no heavy artillery, nor any material for escalade; but they had money, and gold proved a better battering-train than lead.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
The Duke of Normandy pressed him sorely, so that the French looked likely to take the town by escalade.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
And three more squads of 'em missing, sir—looted, your honour's arternoon by means of escalade t'other side party-wall.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
Assault succeeded assault: the Duke of Crillon himself escaladed the ramparts to capture the English flag which floated on the top of a tower: he was slightly wounded.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
The cat escaped once more and Mahony began to throw stones at the wall she had escaladed.
From Dubliners by Joyce, James
Can you imagine the shouts, the apostrophes, the threats, the whole Assembly rising en masse, the tribune escaladed and with difficulty guarded by the ushers!
From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor
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
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 Harte, Bret
“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
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
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 Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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 Kingston, William Henry Giles
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