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escalade
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Escalade
(gcide) | Escalade \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.
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Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or
treachery. --Buckminster.
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Escalade
(gcide) | Escalade \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.
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escalade
(wn) | escalade
n 1: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the
walls of a fortification)
v 1: climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach
their destination" |
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escalade
(encz) | escalade, n: |
escalader
(encz) | escalader, n: |
Escaladed
(gcide) | Escalade \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.
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escalade
(wn) | escalade
n 1: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the
walls of a fortification)
v 1: climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach
their destination" |
escalader
(wn) | escalader
n 1: someone who gains access by the use of ladders |
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