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Escalade
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
(2):
(v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escalade'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/escalade.html. 1828.