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scaling ladder en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification.
   • Those who survived were forced to carry the Mongols' long scaling ladders up to the very walls of the fortress, while others were made to erect their siege engines under heavy fire. 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 13:

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Translations (6)

ja 雲梯 (a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification) · cmn 雲梯 /云梯 (a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification) · ga dréimire dreapadóireachta (a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification) · pl drabina oblężnicza (a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification) · bg обсадна стълба (a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification) · fi piiritystikkaat (a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification)