scalade
[ skuh-leyd ]
/ skəˈleɪd /
noun Archaic.
Origin of scalade
First recorded in 1585–95; variant of
escalade
Words nearby scalade
Example sentences from the Web for scalade
Wentworth starts building batteries, in spite of the rain-deluges; then stops building;—decides to do it by scalade, after all.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) |Thomas CarlyleSee, my lads, yonder are likely to be some short ladders; these we will splice with rope, and so make the scalade!
Francezka |Molly Elliot SeawellHe tried some small prefatory Siege or scalade of Pesth; could not do it; and came his ways home again, as the best course.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for scalade
Word Origin for scalade
C16: from Old Italian
scalada, from
scala a ladder; see
scale ³