escalade

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

M. Thiers, again caught, forwarded all the gear for an escalade, and several detachments were directed towards the Point du Jour, while the army held itself in readiness to follow.

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