escalade

Example Sentences

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“What! are you certain of this?” cried he, eagerly; “is there not one side on which escalade is possible?”

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by

An attempt to escalade the fortress was made, under the guidance of a native goat-herd.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

The escalade was managed by means of a ruined tree which projected from the wall.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

"I so did, sir—same being in the act o' scaling wall—taking my lady's garden by escalade as ye might say."

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

The escalade of masonry escarpments eighteen feet high can never be successful without much preparation.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count