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has gloss | eng: In war, a chamade was a certain beat of a drum, or sound of a trumpet, which was given the enemy as a kind of signal, to inform them of some proposition to be made to the commander; either to capitulate, to have leave to bury their dead, make a truce, etc. Ménage derives the word from the Italian chiamate, of clamare, to cry. |
lexicalization | eng: chamade |
instance of | c/Laws of war |
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has gloss | deu: Schamade (franz. chamade, ital. chiamata – Ruf, Schrei) ist ein mit der Trommel oder Trompete gegebenes Schallsignal, dass eine belagerte Stadt zur Übergabe oder Kapitulation bereit ist. |
lexicalization | deu: Schamade |
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