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Definition of Scalade
1. n. See Escalade.
Definition of Scalade
1. an act of scaling the walls of a fortification [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalade
Literary usage of Scalade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"scalade, scalado or scale, ... A day- light scalade. Escalado, da, a. Applied to
fish cut open to be salted or cured—pp. of ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... it by scalade ; keep the ' internal burning free to spread, at any rate ? ...
trying a scalade ; hopes General Keith will do his " best to cooperate ! ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... for trying a ' scalade; hopes General Keith will do his best to cooperate !
... scalade going off ineffectual in ' like manner:—till at length Keith's ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"... it by scalade ; keep the ' internal burning free to spread, at any rate ? ...
trying a scalade ; hopes General Keith will do his " best to cooperate ! ..."
5. The World's Great Events: An Indexed History of the World from Earliest by Esther Singleton (1916)
"... is to the right: could not one try it by scalade; keep the internal burning
free to spread, at any rate? 'Advance within musket-shot, General Keith! ..."
6. The World's Great Events: An Indexed History of the World from Earliest by Esther Singleton (1916)
"... is to the right: could not one try it by scalade; keep the internal burning
... for a scalade; hopes General Keith will do his best to co-operate! ..."
7. The World's Great Events ...: A History of the World from Ancient to Modern by Esther Singleton (1903)
"... a deliberate, stalwart Scotch Keith's gentleman, whom we shall know better;
Miin- nich himself is to the right: could not one try it by scalade; ..."
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