escalade

Example Sentences

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He determined, therefore, to attempt to carry the place by escalade.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

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

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

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

When the increasing height of walls made escalade too difficult, other means of attack had to be invented.

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

At six o'clock the Versaillese, not daring, in spite of their numbers, to escalade the enceinte, cannonaded the large gate of the cemetery, which soon gave way, notwithstanding the barricade propping it.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.