Escalade

[,eskә'leid]

Definition

(noun.) an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).

(verb.) climb up and over; 'They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination'.

Checker: Muriel--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

(v. t.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

Checker: Paulette

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Scale.

Edited by Carlos

Definition

n. the scaling of the walls of a fortress by means of ladders.—v.t. to scale: to mount and enter by means of ladders—sometimes written Escalā′do.

Typed by Bartholdi