escalade

[Es`ca*ladeĀ·]

An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)

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A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

Noun
an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)

Verb
climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"


v. t.
A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

v. t.
To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.


Escalade

Es`ca*lade" , n. [F., Sp. escalada (cf. It. scalata), fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L. scala ladder. See Scale, v. 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.

Escalade

Es`ca*lade", v. 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.

A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

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

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