/escalade/

 

/escalade/

 

Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: ɛskəleɪd. 

-) Etymology: from noun ESCALADE, from the French verb escalade, from Italian scalata, preterite participle of scalare (= to scale), from scala (= ladder), from Latin scala.

 

-) Preterite tense: escaladed. Preterite participle: escaladed.

 

-) Present participle: escalading.

 

-) It is dated from the beginning of 1800.

Transitively: to accomplish an escalade; to climb to the top of and get over (a wall, a gate, etc.), by means of one or more ladders; scale.

 

-) Translation: escalade, in French; escalada, in Spanish; scalata, in Italian.

A place, however, was found, at which the wall might be escaladed, when Captain Campbell mounted with the light infantry of the 94th regiment, and opened the gate.

 James Mill… The History of British India 1817

A false report having been made to Philippon that one of the bastions had been entered by the assailants, the falsehood of that intelligence made him doubt and hesitate when he heard they were escalading the castle.

Robert Southey… History of the Peninsular War 1832

The next day, as I expected, the enemy attacked us in great force, attempting to escalade the fort.

William Thackeray… Burlesques 1856

[…] we decided at last to escalade a garden wall, where we could certainly sleep in the shadow of the trees.

Robert Stevenson… The Master of Ballantrae 1888

 […] the ramparts might be battered down, escaladed, or the gates burst open.

Sabine Baring-Gould… Castles… of Europe 1911

-) English words derived from the verb ESCALADE: escalader, escalading.