ladder company
[ lad-er kuhm-puh-nee ]
noun
a unit of a fire department equipped with one or more ladder trucks.
Origin of ladder company
1First recorded in 1880–85
- Also called hook-and-ladder company .
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How to use ladder company in a sentence
A hook-and-ladder company now coming up, an effort was made to clap a ladder against the fugitive, but it could not be done.
The hook and ladder company followed and a meat wagon, or rather a meat-wagon horse, galloped after.
The Adopting of Rosa Marie | Carroll Watson RankinA ladder company thundered down the street with their cry of "Way there!"
Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated | Solon RobinsonRed is for a fire engine, white for a hook and ladder company.
The Firebug | Roy J. SnellThe nearest hook and ladder company "lies" seven blocks away.
From School to Battle-field | Charles King
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