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extension ladder
noun
- a ladder having two or more sections joined by a sliding mechanism that allows the ladder to be extended to the total length.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of extension ladder1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
When he saw it was useless to try to enter the first floor, he ordered a motor extension ladder run up to the roof.
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To reach the flat earthen roof of the one-story Syrian house needs no extension ladder.
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Be sure of the strength of a branch before tying an extension ladder to it.
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He went out into the hallway and presently came back pushing a clanking extension ladder with a railed top to it.
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This time he was successful, and scaled the cliff by means of an extension ladder and several hundred feet of rope.
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