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escalade

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌɛskəˈleɪd/
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/ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ · /ˈɛskəˌleɪd/(US) · /ˈɛskəˌlɑd/(US)

Definition of escalade

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
    “An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.”
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noun

  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
    “An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.”

verb

  1. (dated)To scale the walls of a fortification.

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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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