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| es·ca·lade [ éskə làyd, éskə ld ] |
noun (plural es·ca·lades) |
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climbing wall with ladders: an attack involving the use of ladders to scale the walls of a fortified place
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transitive verb (past and past participle es·ca·lad·ed, present participle es·ca·lad·ing, 3rd person present singular es·ca·lades) |
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climb wall with ladders: to scale the walls of a fortification using ladders
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| [Late 16th century. Directly or via French< Spanish escalada] |
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  es·ca·lad·er noun |
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