Escalade

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or
           treachery.                               --Buckminster.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  escalade
       n : an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the
           walls of a fortification)
       v : climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach
           their destination"