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scalado

scalado

9.9
An attack on a fort that uses ladders to climb the walls
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : escalada
  • During the night, the troops prepared their ladders for the planned scalado at sunrise.

Examples

  • Historical records describe a successful scalado that led to the capture of the fortress.

  • The general ordered a daring scalado to break through the enemy's defenses.

  • The soldiers prepared for a scalado at dawn.

  • During the siege, a scalado was the only option left.

  • The general ordered a daring scalado to break through the enemy's defenses.

  • During the night, the troops prepared their ladders for the planned scalado at sunrise.

  • Historical records describe a successful scalado that led to the capture of the fortress.

Synonyms

escalade
vsscalado
  • Archaic
6 9.9

An act of climbing a wall with ladders during a battle

is the same action but presented as a different word form

Surface Forms

scalado singular
scalados plural

Etymology

Scalado comes from an old word scala meaning 'ladder' or 'stair', so picture soldiers climbing ladders to reach the top of a wall. It is like the English verb scale ('to climb') and the word escalator, so a scalado is an attack where troops use ladders to scale a fortress.