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scalade

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sca·lade  (sk-ld, -läd) also sca·la·do (-ld, -lä-)
n. pl. sca·lades also sca·la·dos Archaic
An act of scaling a wall; an escalade.
[Alteration of Italian scalata, from scala, ladder; see escalade.]
scalade [skəˈleɪd], scalado [skəˈleɪdəʊ]
n pl -lades, -lados
(Military) short for escalade
[from Old Italian scalada, from scala a ladder; see scale3]
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Then he goes on to brag to his buddy: "She did all this like a good girl and I took the opportunity of some dry horse-litter and gave her such a thundering scalade that electrified the very marrow of her bones.
THE IMMORAL MEMORY; FOR A' THAT: Rabbie's no' the man you thought he ... by Brown, Tom / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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