Definitions for escalades

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escalades es·ca·lade

Spelling: [es-kuh-leyd, -lahd, es-k Escalades is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in escalades (aacdeelss).

Definitions for escalades

noun

1. a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, especially in an assault upon a fortified place.

verb (used with object)

1. to mount, pass, or enter by means of ladders.

Origin of escalades

1590-1600; Middle French Old Provençal *escalada, equivalent to escal(ar) to scale³ + -ada -ade¹

Examples for escalades

And with his clubbed rifle he killed an Apache who was trying to escalade the hut.

And ever since the Genevans celebrate the day of the escalade.

For Oprah, that might mean a cookie instead of a whole cake; for the rest of us, perhaps a movie instead of an escalade.

He knew the weak points, and he could escalade the walls where they were unguarded.

He seems fitted for the race and the escalade rather than for the struggle.

I mean, he bought her an escalade, but she still had to make the payments.

This body then made their way through the suburbs, to escalade the city walls.

I do not think that the gavachos will ever venture to attempt an escalade.

The tte-du-pont, a strong fortification, was taken by escalade.

In that scene, would they really drive around in an escalade?