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scalade
[ skuh-leyd ]
scalade
/ skəˈleɪdəʊ; skəˈleɪd /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scalade1
C16: from Old Italian scalada, from scala a ladder; see scale ³
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Example Sentences
He tried some small prefatory Siege or scalade of Pesth; could not do it; and came his ways home again, as the best course.
From Project Gutenberg
Wentworth starts building batteries, in spite of the rain-deluges; then stops building;—decides to do it by scalade, after all.
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See, my lads, yonder are likely to be some short ladders; these we will splice with rope, and so make the scalade!
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