laddery

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English

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Etymology

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ladder +‎ -y

Adjective

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laddery (comparative more laddery, superlative most laddery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ladder (frame with steps for climbing).
    • 1852, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, page 455:
      We followed the twain in breathless speed; and, not to be baulked at last after such a walk, ran rapidly down seaward by a long series of hanging terraces, communicating by short flights of abrupt laddery steps []

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