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. ...
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• (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
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Cha·made noun [ French
chamade , from Portuguese
chamada , from
chamar to call, from Latin
clamare .]
(Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. « They beat the
chamade , and sent us carte blanche.
Addison. »
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Chamade is a military term for the beat of a drum or sound of a trumpet inviting an enemy to parley.
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A chamade is a signal made for a parley by the beat of a drum.
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a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley.
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