escalade

English - Turkish

Definition of escalade in English Turkish dictionary

merdivenle çıkıp hücum etmek

merdiven dayayarak duvar aşma

merdivenle duvar aşma

x merdivenle duvar aş

müstahkem bir yere merdivenleçıkıp hücum etme

merdivenle çıkarak saldırmak

English - English

Definition of escalade in English English dictionary

An act of scaling walls or fortifications

An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.

To scale the walls of a fortification

{n} the act of scaling the walls of a place

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

{i} scaling or climbing walls using ladders (especially of a fortification)

climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"

the act of scaling walls or fortifications

A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart

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

To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall

Hyphenation

es·ca·lade

Etymology

[ 'es-k&-"lAd, -"läd ] (noun.) 1598. From French, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scalae (“ladder”)

Tenses

escalading, escaladed