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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
es·ca·lade 
[es-kuh-leyd, -lahd, es-kuh-leyd, -lahd] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -lad·ed, -lad·ing.
[es-kuh-leyd, -lahd, es-kuh-leyd, -lahd] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -lad·ed, -lad·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, esp. in an assault upon a fortified place. |
| 2. | to mount, pass, or enter by means of ladders. |
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| es·ca·lade
(ěs'kə-lād', -läd') Pronunciation Key
n. The act of scaling a fortified wall or rampart. [French, from Italian scalata, ultimately from Latin scālae, ladder; see skand- in Indo-European roots.] es'ca·lade' v., es'ca·lad'er n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| escalade | |
noun | |
| 1. | an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) |
verb | |
| 1. | climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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. Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. --Buckminster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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