scaling ladder
a ladder for climbing high walls.
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How to use scaling ladder in a sentence
Among them was Captain Bate, of the Actaeon, who was killed while about to mount a scaling ladder.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. KingstonCannon and ram and scaling-ladder are plied against the massive walls and heavy gates.
The Rise of the Russian Empire | Hector H. MunroOn p. 281 he states that nardubn is the name of a scaling-ladder and that Bbur mentions scaling ladders more than once.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanAlençon was already following his leader up a scaling-ladder.
Joan of Arc | Laura E. RichardsAt one stage of the attack she took a scaling-ladder, set it against the rampart, and was the first to mount.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake James
British Dictionary definitions for scaling ladder
a ladder used to climb high walls, esp one used formerly to enter a besieged town, fortress, etc
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