Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12).
·vi That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to emine...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To go up the ladder to rest; to be hanged. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The accommodation ladder is a sort of light staircase occasionally fixed on the gangway. It is furni...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...
A stitch fallen in a stocking. ...
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...
Denotes the ladder by which the officers ascend to, and descend from, the quarter-deck. ...
Synonymous with stern-ladder. ...
The assemblage of shakes and short fractures, rising one above another, in a defective single-tree s...
The hatchways, scuttles or other openings in the decks, wherein the ladders are placed. ...
Shrouds rattled too closely. ...
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c. ...
A short trough placed suitably in any fall where the water is tolerably deep, leaving a narrow troug...
See side-ladder ...
, or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...
Made of ropes with wooden steps, for getting in and out of the boats astern. ...