escaladed

Variant of escalade

escalade definition

es·ca·lade (es′kə lād′)

noun

the act of scaling or climbing the walls of a fortified place by ladders

Etymology: Fr < It scalata < scalare, to climb < L scala, ladder: see scale

transitive verb escaladed -·lad′ed, escalading -·lad′·ing

to climb (a wall, etc.) or enter (a fortified place) by ladders

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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