escalade

Meaning

Noun

An act of scaling walls or fortifications.

Verb

To scale the walls of a fortification.

Synonyms

ascend

assault

charge

climb

climb up

foray

scale

shin

shinny

sortie

storm

climb on

Translations

escalada

🧗

escalader

escalada

escalar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛskəˈleɪd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scālae (“ladder”). Doublet of scalade.