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companion ladder en · NOUN
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Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck.
Just as I got my head above the companion ladder, I felt an indescribably unpleasant sensation, suddenly, as it were, losing the power of breathing […] .
1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 87The flat roof proved a great luxury, for we sat on our housetop at night, which we reached by a species of companion-ladder from below, and enjoyed our elevated position immensely.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:
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