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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scalade, Scaladonoun

    A storm given to a place by raising ladders against the walls.

    Etymology: French; scalada, Spanish, from scala, Latin, a ladder.

    What can be more strange than that we should within two months have won one town of importance by scalado, battered and assaulted another, and overthrown great forces in the field? Francis Bacon.

    Thou raisedst thy voice to record the stratagems, the arduous exploits, and the nocturnal scalade of needy heroes, the terror of your peaceful citizens. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scaladenoun

    alt. of Scalado

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. scalade

    (from the Fr. escalade). A furious attack upon a wall or rampart, contrary to form, and with no regularity, frequently carried on with ladders, to insult the wall by open force.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scalade in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scalade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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