escalade

[ es-kuh-leyd, -lahd, es-kuh-leyd, -lahd ]
/ ˌɛs kəˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd, ˈɛs kəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd /

noun

a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, especially in an assault upon a fortified place.

verb (used with object), es·ca·lad·ed, es·ca·lad·ing.

to mount, pass, or enter by means of ladders.

Origin of escalade

1590–1600; < Middle French < Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal(ar) to scale3 + -ada -ade1

OTHER WORDS FROM escalade

es·ca·lad·er, noun

Words nearby escalade

esbo, esc., escabeche, escadrille, escadrille américaine, escalade, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia

Words related to escaladed

escalate, rise, soar, arise, mount, scale, top, ascend, clamber, back, up, lift, vault, tower, bestride, surmount

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British Dictionary definitions for escaladed

escalade
/ (ˌɛskəˈleɪd) /

noun

an assault by the use of ladders, esp on a fortification

verb

to gain access to (a place) by the use of ladders

Derived forms of escalade

escalader, noun

Word Origin for escalade

C16: from French, from Italian scalata, from scalare to mount, scale ³