scalade
[ skuh-leyd ]
Origin of scalade
1First recorded in 1585–95; variant of escalade
Words Nearby scalade
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use scalade in a sentence
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 CarlyleWentworth 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 CarlyleSee, 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
British Dictionary definitions for scalade
scalade
scalado (skəˈleɪdəʊ)
/ (skəˈleɪd) /
Origin of scalade
1C16: from Old Italian scalada, from scala a ladder; see scale ³
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse