[es-kuh-leyd, -lahd, es-kuh-leyd, -lahd] 
noun, verb, -lad⋅ed, -lad⋅ing.| 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. |
| es·ca·lade (ěs'kə-lād', -läd') 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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