Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: climb, climb up, go up, mount, scaling

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