accommodation ladder
Example Sentences
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Without waiting for a reply, he sprang forward to the head of the accommodation ladder and shinned down it into the launch.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill
When the admiral approached, instead of making straight for the accommodation ladder, he rowed slowly round the vessel, making a very careful examination of the hull.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Somers directed the coxswain of the first cutter to pull in to the accommodation ladder of the steamer.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic
A boat was pulled up to the accommodation ladder.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Arrived at the accommodation ladder, and on deck, Code found a vessel with white decks, glistening brass work, and discipline that shamed naval authority.
From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage
