chamade
[ shuh-mahd ]
/ ʃəˈmɑd /
noun Military Archaic.
a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley.
Words nearby chamade
chalupa,
chalutz,
chalybeate,
chalybite,
cham,
chamade,
chamaedorea,
chamaeleon,
chamaephyte,
chamber,
chamber concert
Example sentences from the Web for chamade
I answered in my heat, "I knew of no chamade; what poltroonery or what treachery had been going on, I knew not!"
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) |Thomas CarlyleUpon which Harsch, next morning, has to beat the chamade, and surrender Prisoner of War.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) |Thomas CarlyleStralsund instantly beat the chamade, as we heard; and all was surrender and subjection in those regions.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.) |Thomas CarlyleHe asked me, "Don't you know the rules of war, then; that you fire after chamade is beaten?"
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for chamade
chamade
/ (ʃəˈmɑːd) /
noun
military
(formerly) a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley
Word Origin for chamade
C17: from French, from Portuguese
chamada, from
chamar to call, from Latin
clamāre