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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 wallWebster 1828 Edition
Escalade
ESCALA'DE
,Noun.
 Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.
ESCALA'DE
,Verb.
T.