Escalading

Escalading
Escalade Es`ca*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaladed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escalading}.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall. [1913 Webster]

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  • Escalade — Es ca*lade , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaladed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escalading}.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Escaladed — Escalade Es ca*lade , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaladed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escalading}.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • escalade — escalader, n. /es keuh layd , lahd , es keuh layd , lahd /, n., v., escaladed, escalading. n. 1. a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, esp. in an assault upon a fortified place. v.t. 2. to mount, pass, or enter by means of ladders. [1590… …   Universalium

  • ascent — n 1. rising, arising, uprising; levitating, floating; soaring, flying; shooting up, springing up, sprouting, creeping up. 2. climbing, mounting, moving upward, surmounting, traveling up; scaling, scrambling, clambering, shin nying, escalading. 3 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • escalade — /ɛskəˈleɪd/ (say eskuh layd) noun 1. a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, especially in an assault upon a fortified place. –verb (t) (escaladed, escalading) 2. to mount, pass, or enter by means of ladders. {French, from Italian scalata,… …  

  • escalade — [es΄kə lād′] n. [Fr < It scalata < scalare, to climb < L scala, ladder: see SCALE1] the act of scaling or climbing the walls of a fortified place by ladders vt. escaladed, escalading to climb (a wall, etc.) or enter (a fortified place)… …   English World dictionary

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