Chamade definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHAMADE, n. In war, the beat of a drum or sound ... a truce, or for a capitulation. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chamade Cha*made, n. [F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare ... a parley by beat of a drum. They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. --Addison.