escalade

Meanings

nounescalade (plural escalades)

An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.
Synonyms: scalade

verbescalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)

present singular third person escalades · participle present escalading · participle past escaladed · past escaladed

datedgovernmentTo scale the walls of a fortification.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn act of scaling walls or fortifications.

Similar

scalade

Origin

Latinscālae“ladder”
Italianscalata
Frenchescalade
Englishescalade

Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scālae (“ladder”). Doublet of scalade.

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Translations

French escalader

escaladerto scale the walls of a fortification

Polish wspinać się

wspinać sięto scale the walls of a fortification

Romanian escalada

escaladato scale the walls of a fortification

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with escalade

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APA

escalade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalade

MLA

“escalade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escalade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalade.

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