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.
Es`ca*lade" (?), n. [F., Sp. escalada (cf. It.
scalata), fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L.
scala ladder. See Scale, v. t.]
(Mil.)
A furious attack made by troops on a
fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.
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