Shame
The shamade (French: chamade , Italian: chiamata , 'shout', 'scream') is a sound signal given by the drum or trumpet that a besieged city is ready to start negotiations about surrender or surrender .
origin
The term is derived from the Latin clamare ("to call") and was adopted into German via French chamade ( Portuguese chamada ).
Originally, the shame was a sign for the besiegers to be allowed to bury his dead after a defended storm on the besieged city.
Talkative use
Literally, “to shame” means surrender, retreat or, in a figurative sense, “give in”. A historical example of the figurative sense:
“As for the Emser Depesche itself, everything is said in Moltke's picture: Bismarck turned a shame into a fanfare. The shame was already there. But from this point and in this case no signal of submission was allowed to sound. To ensure this, Bismarck had responsibility, office and duty. "
literature
- Shame . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 17, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 688 .
- Shame, chamade that. In: duden.de .
