Definition of Escalede
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. Buckminster.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of scaling walls or fortifications
An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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