scalade

[ skuh-leyd ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. escalade.

scalade

/ skəˈleɪdəʊ; skəˈleɪd /

noun

1. short for escalade

Word History and Origins

Origin of scalade¹

First recorded in 1585–95; variant of escalade

Word History and Origins

Origin of scalade¹

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

Example Sentences

“I took the opportunity of some dry horse litter and gave her such a thundering scalade that electrified the very marrow of her bones,” he says.

From New York Times

Among those Welsh chieftains who gallantly defended their country from the aggressions of the English, in the reign of Henry II, was Kadivor ap Dynawal, who recaptured the castle of Cardigan, by scalade, from the Earl of Clare.

From Project Gutenberg

Despair and blankness fell upon 452 us, until Count Saxe, seeing a great, weird Thing standing gaunt and black in the white moonlight—this Thing, the gallows tree—cried out cheerfully: “See, my lads, yonder are likely to be some short ladders; these we will splice with rope, and so make the scalade!”

From Project Gutenberg

Harte's History of Gustavus, a wilderness which mere human patience seems unable to explore, is yet enlivened here and there with a cheerful spot, when he tells us of some scalade or camisado, or speculates on troopers rendered bullet-proof by art-magic.

From Project Gutenberg

A sudden sally of the townsmen during the battle chiefly occasioned confusion: Camillus, turning on these with a part of his army, not only drove them within their walls, but on the very same day, after he had discomfited themselves and their auxiliaries, he took the town by scalade.

From Project Gutenberg