Obs. [a. Fr. algarade, ad. Sp. algarada ‘a sudden assault with a great crie’ (Minsheu); f. med.L., Pg. and ? Sp. algara a raid (a. Arab. al-ghārah, i.e., al the, ghārah raid) + -ada, see -ADE.] A hostile incursion, a raid upon an enemy’s territory.
a. 1649. Drumm. of Hawth., James II., Wks. 1711, 35. As the French made an algarad by sea upon Kent. Ibid., James IV., 63. To suppress their incursions and algarads.
