LADDERS

Noun

ladders

plural of ladder

Noun

ladders pl (plural only)

A pair of ladders

Verb

ladders

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ladder

Anagrams

• Aldreds, Saddler, raddles, saddler

Source: Wiktionary


LADDER

Lad"der, n. Etym: [OE. laddre, AS. hl, hl; akin to OFries. hladder, OHG.leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v. (Lean, v. i., and cf. Climax.]

1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps. Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. Dryden.

2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence. Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. Shak. Fish ladder. See under Fish.

– Ladder beetle (Zoöl.), an American leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.

– Ladder handle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.

– Ladder shell (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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