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

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ladderway

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

Then his hand gave way, and he fell on his left side, while Hardy, who was just before him, turned at the cabin ladderway, and stooped with a loud cry over him.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

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 Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

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 British Government

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 British Government