A ladder used for working on a sloping roof, with a hook at one end and pads to spread the load.
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't stand on roof tiles unless absolutely necessary; use the cat ladder or a creeper board for access to a chimney.
- I've seen the French roofers doing the same thing, using the guttering to support the cat ladder on the roof.
- The cat ladder is excellent for promoting co-ordination with its individual rungs for each hand and foot.
- They specialise in the manufacture and installation of fire escapes, access stairs, cat ladders and spiral stairs.
- That part was not so bad; the worse part was climbing the cat ladder on the inside of the tower.