escalade

Example Sentences

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The position was of great strength, and would have been an ugly place to carry by escalade.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

In the reign of Queen Mary this stronghold was taken by an escalade.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

“What! are you certain of this?” cried he, eagerly; “is there not one side on which escalade is possible?”

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by

He determined, therefore, to attempt to carry the place by escalade.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

At six o'clock the Versaillese, not daring, in spite of their numbers, to escalade the enceinte, cannonaded the large gate of the cemetery, which soon gave way, notwithstanding the barricade propping it.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.