†algaˈradObs.[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.1649Drummond of HawthorndenJames II,Wks.1711, 35As the French made an algarad by sea uponKent.―James IV, 63To suppress their incursions and algarads.