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step-ladder
[step n.1]
A ladder which has flat steps instead of rungs.
1751Hist. Acc. New Forest etc. 49 Step Ladders were fixed against the Wall of the Park [Richmond] in divers Parts. 1795Helen M. Williams Lett. France II. 12 (Jod.) One of the secrets of Robespierre's government was to employ as the step-ladders of his ambition, men whose characters were marked with opprobrium. 1830Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. 239 The staircase..is as much like a step-ladder in a dark corner as any thing well can be. 1904M. Sinclair Div. Fire 22 Standing on a step-ladder and fumbling in the darkness for a copy of Demosthenes.
b. attrib.
1908Daily Graphic 21 Mar. 13/2 The chemise and step-ladder patterns [of sleeve] are the two..most insistent applicants for our favour. Ibid., Step-ladder sleeves are distant relatives of the Kimono. |