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escalado arch.|ɛskəˈlɑːdəʊ|
Also 6–7 escalada.
[a. Sp. escalada (see escalade); first used in correct form, afterwards with the usual perversion of Sp. -ada into -ado2.]
= escalade n.
1598Barret Theor. Warres Gloss. 250 Escalada..is the skaling of a wall or fort with ladders. 1600Holland Livy xlii. lxiii. 1152 The Consull..purposed to invest the citie round about with the Escalado. 1625Bacon Consid. War Spain (1629) 51 That..we should..haue wonne one Toune of importance by Escalada. 1641Baker Chron. 67 Using all meanes possible, by Escalado, Battery, and burning the gates, to enter the City. 1859Thackeray Virgin. lxxii, Tragedies, intrigues, serenades, escaladoes. |