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sea ladder

noun

  1. 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

  1. a rope ladder, set of steps, etc, by which a boat may be boarded at sea
“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 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.

They piled down the sea ladder, taking their places in the small boat.

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.

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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