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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification);


VERB (1)

1. climb up and over;
- Example: "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Escalade \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. [1913 Webster] Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Escalade \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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

escalade n 1: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) v 1: climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"