ESCALADE


Meaning of ESCALADE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈes-kə-ˌlād, -ˌläd ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Italian scalata, from scalare to scale, from scala ladder, from Late Latin — more at scale

Date: 1598

: an act of scaling especially the walls of a fortification

• escalade transitive verb

• es·ca·lad·er noun

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