Escalade (noun)
es-kal-ayd
The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.
Late 16th century: from French, or from Spanish escalada, escalado, from medieval Latin scalare ‘to scale, climb’, from Latin scala ‘ladder’.
Example sentences
“We lost twenty men during the escalade.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
