Crossword clues for chamade
chamade
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chamade \Cha*made\, n. [F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare.] (Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
n. (context military historical English) A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
Wikipedia
In war, a chamade was a certain beat of a drum, or sound of a trumpet, which was addressed to the enemy as a kind of signal, to inform them of some proposition to be made to the commander; either to capitulate, to have leave to bury their dead, make a truce, etc. Gilles Ménage derives the word from the Italian chiamate, from Latin clamare, to cry.
Category:Laws of war Category:Military diplomacy
Usage examples of "chamade".
At the entrance to the Rue Chamade and the Rue Suspedard, old chains bar the way to vehicles.
So knowing he was the governor's adviser, we beat a chamade and sent him across with a flag of truce.