Escalade

n. [Fr., Sp. escalada, It. scalata, from Pr., Sp., & Pg. escalar, It. & L. Lat. scalare, to scale, from Lat. scala, ladder, Sp. & Pr. escala, It. scala, O. Fr. eschelle, now échelle. See SCALE.] (Mil.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. Buckminster.