Definition of escalade Escalade
/ɛˌskʌlɑˈd/ - [eskulad] - es•ca•lade
We found 10 definitions of escalade from 7 different sources.
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What does escalade mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: escalades |
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| escalade - an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | ||
| scaling ascent by or as if by a ladder | ||
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| escalade - climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" | ||
| climb up, climb, go up, mount improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- escalade (Noun)
An act of scaling walls or fortifications. - escalade (Verb)
To scale the walls of a fortification.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- escalade (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. - escalade (v. t.)
To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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escalade
es-ka-lād′, n. the scaling of the walls of a fortress by means of ladders.—v.t. to scale: to mount and enter by means of ladders—sometimes written Escalā′do. [Fr.,—Sp. escalada—escala, a ladder—L. scala.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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escalade
The forcing a way over a rampart or other defence, properly by means of ladders or other contrivances for climbing.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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escalade
From the Latin scala, a ladder. In siege operations, a mode of gaining admission within the enemy’s works. It consists in advancing over the glacis and the covert way, descending, if necessary, into the ditch by means of ladders, and ascending to the parapet of the curtain and bastions, and are either procured on the spot, or are sent out with the siege army. The leaders constitute a forlorn hope.
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🔤- escalade, noun, singular of escalades.
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