Escalade

//ˌɛskəˈleɪd// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of scaling walls or fortifications.

    "An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops."

  2. 2
    an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To scale the walls of a fortification. dated
  2. 2
    climb up and over wordnet

Synonyms

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air raidascendascensionboardclimbclimbing

Example

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"He drives a pimped-out Cadillac Escalade."

Etymology

Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scālae (“ladder”). Doublet of scalade.

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