| 单词 | entering ladder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasentering ladder entering ladder n. Nautical a wooden or rope ladder which is attached to the side of a ship to allow people to get on and off board. ΚΠ 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 An entring ladder. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 27 The Entering rope is tied by the ships side, to hold by as you goe vp the Entering ladder, cleats, or wailes. 1774 R. Hotham Candid State Affairs 19 The wales of the York, at the entering ladder, were nineteen inches out of water. 1901 G. Gibbs In Search of Mademoiselle xxv. 336 We had hooked the entering ladder of the Vengeance. 1995 R. Unwin Winter away from Home xii. 223 Heemskerck, then his companions, hauled themselves stiffly up the entering ladder. entering ladder 2. With qualifying words indicating its use, construction, position, etc., as fire ladder, extension ladder, rope ladder, scaling ladder, stepladder, etc. Also Nautical, as accommodation ladder, bowsprit ladder, entering ladder, gallery ladder, quarter ladder, stern ladder. Also Jacob's ladder n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ladder or gang-plank ship-ladderc1050 fall-bridge1487 way-shide1535 gallery ladder1706 side ladder1724 gangboard1769 gangway ladder1778 gangplank1785 stern-ladder1794 race board1808 gangway1846 brow1867 boarding-bridge1878 passerelle1989 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 An entring ladder or cleats. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Ladders The Bolt-sprit-ladder, at the Beak-head, made fast over the Bolt-sprit, to get upon it. 1758 Sharp in Naval Chron. 8 154 He..got into a boat from the stern ladder. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Ladder Accommodation-ladder, is a sort of light stair-case, occasionally fixed on the gangway of the admiral, or commander in chief, of a fleet. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Quarter-ladders, two ladders of rope, depending from the right and left side of a ship's stern. < as lemmas |
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