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scaling ladder
noun
- a ladder for climbing high walls.
scaling ladder
noun
- a ladder used to climb high walls, esp one used formerly to enter a besieged town, fortress, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scaling ladder1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
Among them was Captain Bate, of the Actaeon, who was killed while about to mount a scaling ladder.
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Cannon and ram and scaling-ladder are plied against the massive walls and heavy gates.
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On p. 281 he states that nardubn is the name of a scaling-ladder and that Bbur mentions scaling ladders more than once.
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Alençon was already following his leader up a scaling-ladder.
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At one stage of the attack she took a scaling-ladder, set it against the rampart, and was the first to mount.
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