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Webster 1913 Edition

Escalade

Esˊca-lade′

,
Noun.
[F., Sp.
escalada
(cf. It.
scalata
), fr. Sp.
escalar
to scale, LL.
scalare
, fr. L.
scala
ladder. See
Scale
,
Verb.
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.

Esˊca-lade′

,
Verb.
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 1828 Edition

Escalade

ESCALA'DE

,
Noun.
[L. scala, a ladder. See Scale.] In the military art, 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.

ESCALA'DE

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

Definition 2024

escalade

escalade

See also: escaladé

English

Noun

escalade ‎(plural escalades)

  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications
    An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.

Verb

escalade ‎(third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)

  1. (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

Translations

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Italian scalata.

Noun

escalade f ‎(plural escalades)

  1. (sports) climbing
  2. escalation

Derived terms

Verb

escalade

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escalader
  2. third-person singular present indicative of escalader
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of escalader
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of escalader
  5. second-person singular imperative of escalader

Etymology

Borrowing from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare ‎(“to climb”), from scala ‎(“ladder”), from Latin scalae ‎(“ladder”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪd

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