Pronunciation: sk ə - ' l ā d, - ' läd
Variant: or sca · la · do \ - ' l ā -( ˌ )d ō , - ' lä- \
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lades or -la · dos
Etymology: obsolete Italian scalada, from scalare to scale, from scala ladder, staircase, from Late Latin ― more at SCALE
Date: 1591
archaic : ESCALADE