scalade

[ skuh-leyd ]

/ skəˈleɪd /

noun Archaic.

Words nearby scalade

scala cordonata, scala tympani, scala, la, scalability, scalable, scalade, scalage, scalar, scalar field, scalar multiplication, scalar product

Origin of scalade

First recorded in 1585–95; variant of escalade

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Examples from the Web for scalade

Wentworth starts building batteries, in spite of the rain-deluges; then stops building;—decides to do it by scalade, after all.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
See, my lads, yonder are likely to be some short ladders; these we will splice with rope, and so make the scalade!
Francezka|Molly Elliot Seawell
He tried some small prefatory Siege or scalade of Pesth; could not do it; and came his ways home again, as the best course.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for scalade

scalade

scalado (skəˈleɪdəʊ)

/ (skəˈleɪd) /

noun plural -lades or -lados

short for escalade

Word Origin for scalade

C16: from Old Italian scalada, from scala a ladder; see scale ³

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