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Webster 1913 Edition

Escalade

Esˊca-lade′

,
Noun.
[F., Sp.
escalada
(cf. It.
scalata
), fr. Sp.
escalar
to scale, LL.
scalare
, fr. L.
scala
ladder. See
Scale
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Mil.)
A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
Sin enters, not by
escalade
, but by cunning or treachery.
Buckminster.

Esˊca-lade′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Escaladed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Escalading
.]
(Mil.)
To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale;
as, to
escalate
a wall
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Escalade

ESCALA'DE

,
Noun.
[L. scala, a ladder. See Scale.] In the military art, a furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.

ESCALA'DE

,
Verb.
T.
To scale; to mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; as, to escalade a wall.

Definition 2024

escaladé

escaladé

See also: escalade

French

Verb

escaladé m ‎(feminine singular escaladée, masculine plural escaladés, feminine plural escaladées)

  1. past participle of escalader

Pronunciation

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