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scaled

American

[skeyld] / skeɪld /

adjective

Armor.

noting armor having imbricated metal plates sewn to a flexible backing.

Other Word Forms

underscaled adjective
unscaled adjective

Etymology

Origin of scaled

First recorded in 1350–1400, scaled is from the Middle English word scalid. See scale ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

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But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Greenpeace activists scaled a monument in front of Congress at dawn on Wednesday and unfurled a banner urging lawmakers "not to betray the Argentine people."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Autoplay and notification systems will have to be scaled down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Diet stands out as a factor that can be changed and scaled across populations since it is part of everyday life.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Quickly he scaled the tree to the artificial scrape and, fending off Frightful with one arm, he gently lay the eggs in the box.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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