escalade

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The first necessity for the wall was height, to give security against escalade.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Impatient, however, of the delay of his fleet, which was detained by the weather, he determined not to wait for the artillery, but to attempt to carry the fort by escalade.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

The escalade was managed by means of a ruined tree which projected from the wall.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

Fatah sought out his young brother, Dost Mohammed, gave him in charge to a trusty adherent, fixed an income for his support, and marched away to besiege Qandhar, which he took by escalade.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

"I so did, sir—same being in the act o' scaling wall—taking my lady's garden by escalade as ye might say."

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery