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escalade - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'escalade' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Escalade [ v. t.]
- A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
- To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

Meaning of 'escalade' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . escalade [ v]
Meaning (1):
- climb up and over
Example in sentence:
  • They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination

Nearby Words:

escaladed escalading escallop escalloped escalop escaloped escambio escapable escapade escape

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