scaling ladder

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noun

a ladder for climbing high walls.

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Origin of scaling ladder

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby scaling ladder

Scales, scaleup, Scalia, Scaliger, scaling, scaling ladder, scall, scallion, scallop, scalloper, scalloping

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How to use scaling ladder in a sentence

Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder.
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Some of the rescuers took elevators to the top floor and continued up to the roof via a straight ladder.
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Historically, education was one way the middle and working classes, and even the poor, ascended the class ladder.
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They ended up crawling for much of the journey, scaling electric fences and fending off wild animals in freezing conditions.
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The escalatory ladder is far more terrifying than it was on the eve of the millennium.
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Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
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It was no sooner accomplished, than Ripperda was on the top of the ladder, and in a few seconds by his side.
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No, he was a hard-headed Scotchman, full of ability and work, and as a railway manager stood at the top of the ladder.
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He said they would be unable to raise the heavy ladder to the tower window; and that was a fact.
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After he had caught her, they were carried up a bamboo ladder by their friends, and sprinkled with water out of a cocoanut shell.
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British Dictionary definitions for scaling ladder

scaling ladder

noun

a ladder used to climb high walls, esp one used formerly to enter a besieged town, fortress, etc

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