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escalade

es·ca·lade

UK/ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ US/ˈɛskəˌleɪd/ uncommon dated
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)

verb

1.

climb up and over

  • “They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination”

Origin

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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