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sea ladder
noun
- a set of rungs fixed to the side of a vessel, forming a ladder from the weather deck to the water line.
sea ladder
noun
- a rope ladder, set of steps, etc, by which a boat may be boarded at sea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sea ladder1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
This delayed him somewhat in getting down the sea ladder, performing the feat with one free hand being rather awkward.
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They piled down the sea ladder, taking their places in the small boat.
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As the ship was getting under way, a young man in "whites" and a sun helmet, an agent of a trading company, went down the sea ladder by which I was leaning.
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The cutter came alongside, a few minutes later, and Seaman Daniel Davis ran up the sea ladder, leaped through the rope railing and came to attention before the commander of the battleship.
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