Escalade

Definition:

• (v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
• (v. t.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

Compare escalade with other words:

escalade vs. scalade

escalade vs. escapade

escalade vs. escaladed

escalade vs. scale

escalade vs. fortification

escalade vs. wall

escalade vs. scaling