noun
- A signal or drum beat used in military contexts to request a parley or truce, historically used to indicate a desire to negotiate or surrender.
Usage: historical; military; plural form of chamade
Examples
- The besieged fortress sounded chamades to signal their willingness to negotiate.
- Historical military records document the use of chamades during medieval sieges.
- The drummer beat out chamades as the general approached under a flag of truce.