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Escaladed

Escalade \Es`ca*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

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escaladed

vb. (en-past of: escalade)

Usage examples of "escaladed".

He had escaladed Ahmednuggur, surprising its defenders by sending men with ladders against the unbreached walls, and Dodd was certain that Wellesley would similarly try to rush the Inner Fort.

Sir Arthur Wellesley had now witnessed the assault of the breach at Seringapatam, had escaladed the walls of Ahmednuggur and swept over the great de fences of Gawilghur.

They covered his legs, they climbed his great torso, they scrambled for place on his escaladed shoulders.