escalade

Example Sentences

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It had finally been decided to carry the town by escalade, and this was to be attempted during the first snow-storm, such as that which finally came on this night preceding Sunday, December 31st.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson

Against this has been set an optimistic evolution, pictured like an escalade with resident forces lifting the world to better days.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

The Duke of Normandy pressed him sorely, so that the French looked likely to take the town by escalade.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

For escalade they used ladders fixed on wheeled platforms; but the most important means of attack against a high wall were the movable towers of wood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

The position was of great strength, and would have been an ugly place to carry by escalade.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams