scalade
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scalade
First recorded in 1585–95; variant of escalade
Example Sentences
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The citizens of Exeter shut their gates; and the rebels, as they had no cannon, endeavored to take the place, first by scalade, then by mining; but were repulsed in every attempt.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by Hume, David
He tried some small prefatory Siege or scalade of Pesth; could not do it; and came his ways home again, as the best course.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
Cannot scalade, Du Chatelet and his people being mettlesome; takes then to flinging shells, to burning the suburbs; Town itself catches fire,—Town plainly indefensible.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas
Daulis, being situated on a lofty eminence, could not be reduced either by scalade or works: he therefore provoked the garrison, by missile weapons, to make sallies from out the town.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
Friedrich has learned, by intercepted letters, that something great is to be done on Wednesday, 18th: he sends Rothenburg with reinforcement to Einsiedel, lest a scalade of Prag should be on the cards.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas
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