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laddered, a.|ˈlædəd| [f. ladder n. + -ed2.] Furnished with a ladder; † of a rope, made into a ladder.
1608Middleton Fam. Love i. ii, Attempt not to ascend My chamber-window by a ladder'd rope. 187.Stevenson Child's Gard. Verses (1895) 81 He [the sun] Into the laddered hayloft smiles. 1892Ld. Lytton King Poppy iv. 83 Their ladder'd scaffolds swarm'd, as high in heaven.
Add:2. Of a piece of knitted fabric, stocking, etc.: that has developed a ladder (sense 3 b).
1924W. Deeping Three Rooms xii. 101 Two pairs white stockings. Laddered. 1932Auden in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1978) Aug. 282, I was..Lost among waterproofs and laddered hose. 1985Company Dec. 160/3, I too collect used plastic bags, obsolete magazines and laddered tights. |