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rope ˈladder
[rope n.1]
A ladder made of two long pieces of rope connected at intervals by pieces of rope, wood, or metal. Also transf.
1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4008/2 Others climbed over the Walls by the help of some Rope-Ladders. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. lvi. V. 618 At the dead of night several rope-ladders were dropped from the walls. 1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxii. (1818) II. 291 It consists of little silken threads, which it has spun in a zigzag direction, forming a rope-ladder. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1980/1 Rope ladders are employed for enabling persons to ascend and descend from the deck of a ship or from her booms into boats alongside. |