Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Chamade
Cha·made (shȧ·mäd′ or shȧ·mād′), n. [F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare.] (Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison.