companion ladder

English

companion ladder (plural companion ladders)

(nautical) Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 87:
  Just as I got my head above the companion ladder, I felt an indescribably unpleasant sensation, suddenly, as it were, losing the power of breathing […] .
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:
  The flat roof proved a great luxury, for we sat on our housetop at night, which we reached by a species of companion-ladder from below, and enjoyed our elevated position immensely.

单词	companion ladder
释义	companion ladder English Noun companion ladder (plural companion ladders) (nautical) Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck. 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 87: Just as I got my head above the companion ladder, I felt an indescribably unpleasant sensation, suddenly, as it were, losing the power of breathing […] . 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112: The flat roof proved a great luxury, for we sat on our housetop at night, which we reached by a species of companion-ladder from below, and enjoyed our elevated position immensely.
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