escalade
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- escalader noun
Etymology
Origin of escalade
1590–1600; < Middle French < Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal ( ar ) to scale 3 + -ada -ade 1
Example Sentences
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It had finally been decided to carry the town by escalade, and this was to be attempted during the first snow-storm, such as that which finally came on this night preceding Sunday, December 31st.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
For escalade they used ladders fixed on wheeled platforms; but the most important means of attack against a high wall were the movable towers of wood.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
This was done next day, the fort being carried by escalade, and its garrison of two hundred men made prisoners; and on the day following, all the reserves from Tournay came up.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
The escalade was managed by means of a ruined tree which projected from the wall.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
But their artillery was too light to make any impression on the fortifications, the fire from which cut their fascines to pieces and dismounted their guns; so Montgomery determined to carry the works by escalade.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
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