companion ladder
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]companion ladder (plural companion ladders)
- (nautical) Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 87:
- 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 […] .
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:
- The 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.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 87: