Definition of Laddir
Lad"der (-d&etilde;r), n. [OE.
laddre, AS. hl&aemacr;der, hl&aemacr;dder; akin
to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and
from the root of E. lean, v. √40. See Lean,
v. i., and cf. Climax.] 1.
A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent
and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened
cross strips or rounds forming steps.
Some the engines play,
And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire.
Dryden.
2. That which resembles a ladder in form or
use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
Lowliness is young ambition's
ladder. Shak.
Fish ladder. See under Fish. --
Ladder beetle (Zoöl.), an American
leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery
white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-
colored. It feeds upon the linden tree. -- Ladder
handle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed
ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing. -- Ladder
shell (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell of the
genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
LADDER. To go up the ladder to rest; to be hanged.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
- That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
corporate ladder
Dutch
- A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
remark: if made from rope, it's called touwladder instead
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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