escalade

noun

es·​ca·​lade ˈe-skə-ˌlād 

-ˌläd

: an act of scaling especially the walls of a fortification

escalade transitive verb

escalader noun

Word History

Etymology

French, from Italian scalata, from scalare to scale, from scala ladder, from Late Latin — more at scale entry 5

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above