ladder company

[ lad-er kuhm-puh-nee ]

noun

1. a unit of a fire department equipped with one or more ladder trucks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ladder company¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

A hook-and-ladder company now coming up, an effort was made to clap a ladder against the fugitive, but it could not be done.

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The hook and ladder company followed and a meat wagon, or rather a meat-wagon horse, galloped after.

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A ladder company thundered down the street with their cry of "Way there!"

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Red is for a fire engine, white for a hook and ladder company.

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The nearest hook and ladder company "lies" seven blocks away.

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