ladderway

American  

[lad-er-wey] / ˈlæd ərˌweɪ /

noun

Mining.

1. a vertical passageway with ladders.

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Etymology

Origin of ladderway

First recorded in 1840–50; ladder + way ¹

Example Sentences

Trapped workmen piled onto it in panic, and two wedged themselves hopelessly together in one narrow section of the ladderway, blocking those behind them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps this house contained the engineer's stateroom and that of his assistant, as well as a ladderway to the engine room.

From The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)

With these words, I ran down the ladderway; and, the next moment, was seated with three other cadets, who were leaving like myself to go afloat, in the sternsheets of the second cutter.

From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by Greene, John B.

All spaces on this deck had direct ladderway communication with the deck above, so that if it became necessary to close the water-tight doors in the bulkheads an escape was available in all cases.

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British

One ladderway on each side forward led to C deck, and one, the starboard, led to E deck and continued to F deck as a double ladder and to G deck as a single ladder.

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British