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scaling ladder

noun

  1. a ladder for climbing high walls.


scaling ladder

noun

  1. a ladder used to climb high walls, esp one used formerly to enter a besieged town, fortress, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Cannon and ram and scaling-ladder are plied against the massive walls and heavy gates.

On p. 281 he states that nardubn is the name of a scaling-ladder and that Bbur mentions scaling ladders more than once.

Alençon was already following his leader up a scaling-ladder.

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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