Definition of Escalade
Es`ca`lade´
n.
1.
(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.
v. t.
1.
(Mil.)
To
mount
and
pass
or
enter
by
means
of
ladders
;
to
scale
;
as
,
to
escalate
a
wall
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Escaladed
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Escalading
.]
Related Words
climb
,
climb
up
,
escalader
,
go
up
,
mount
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