escalade
Example Sentences
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He stopped suddenly, and gazed for a moment at the riband on the top of the escalade.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
And three more squads of 'em missing, sir—looted, your honour's arternoon by means of escalade t'other side party-wall.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
The first necessity for the wall was height, to give security against escalade.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Fatah sought out his young brother, Dost Mohammed, gave him in charge to a trusty adherent, fixed an income for his support, and marched away to besiege Qandhar, which he took by escalade.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
Here again the defenders had not waited for the escalade, and this lunette, too, was immediately prepared for being held.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count