ESCALADE
\ˈɛskɐlˌe͡ɪd], \ˈɛskɐlˌeɪd], \ˈɛ_s_k_ɐ_l_ˌeɪ_d]\
Definitions of ESCALADE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
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To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
By Oddity Software
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A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
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To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The scaling of the walls of a fortress by means of ladders.
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To scale: to mount and enter by means of ladders.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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