chamade
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chamade
1675–85; < French < Portuguese chamada, equivalent to cham ( ar ) to sound (< Latin clamāre to shout; claim ) + -ada -ade 1
Example Sentences
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When la chamade begins to pulse through Lucile and Antoine, Clare taps out her surrender and Charles shrewdly retreats.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Browne summons them in Vilshofen, this day; and, on their negative, storms in upon them, bursts them to pieces; upon which they beat chamade.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas
Lo, flag of truce and chamade; conjuration to halt: Malseigne and Denoue are on the street, coming hither; the soldiers all repentant, ready to submit and march!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
He asked me, "Don't you know the rules of war, then; that you fire after chamade is beaten?"
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
Stralsund instantly beat the chamade, as we heard; and all was surrender and subjection in those regions.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Carlyle, Thomas
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