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Definition of Escalade
1. Verb. Climb up and over. "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"
2. Noun. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
Generic synonyms: Scaling
Definition of Escalade
1. n. A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
2. v. t. To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Definition of Escalade
1. Noun. An act of scaling walls or fortifications ¹
2. Verb. (military dated) To scale the walls of a fortification. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Escalade
1. to enter by means of ladders [v -LADED, -LADING, -LADES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escalade
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