scaling ladder

American  

noun

1. a ladder for climbing high walls.

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scaling ladder British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of scaling ladder

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Example Sentences

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scaling ladder

Meta styled Muse Spark as “the first step on our scaling ladder and the first product of a ground-up overhaul.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

Here, however, I was less fortunate, there being no way of entering the building, save by walking in through the gate, or climbing the walls with the help of a scaling ladder.

From Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess by Edward S. Hodgson

He learned to manage a horse, to climb a scaling ladder, to wield sword, battle-ax, and lance.

From Early European History by Hutton Webster

If necessary, by means of this scaling ladder, he could work entirely from the outside.

From The Lost House by Richard Harding Davis

Among them was Captain Bate, of the Actaeon, who was killed while about to mount a scaling ladder.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston

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