Definitionn. an act of scaling by the use of ladders
Last update: September 23, 2015
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He now meditated a further enterprise against Geneva; but his attempt to capture the city by treachery and with the help of Spain (the famous escalade) in 1602 failed completely. [Please select]
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Famine or escalade was what the garrison had chiefly to fear. [Please select]
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With a large body of chosen men he attempted its escalade. [Please select]
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Parnell's company immediately began the escalade of the cliffs. [Please select]
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If it had been only an escalade there would have been no sound until nearly morning. [Please select]
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The northern and eastern slopes present such abrupt declivities that they defy the escalade. [Please select]
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Again the escalade began:--the Knights rolled huge blocks of masonry on the crowded throng below; when they got within arms' reach the scimitar was no match for the long two-handed swords of the Christians. [Please select]
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