Noun: escalade 'e-sku,leyd or ,e-sku'leyd
- An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)
"The soldiers attempted an escalade of the castle walls under cover of darkness"
- Climb up and over
"They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"
Derived forms: escalading, escalades, escaladed
Type of: ascend, climb, climb up, go up, mount, scaling
Encyclopedia: Escalade