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 Hill, Headon

I took his hand from one of the chiefs who had assisted him up the accommodation ladder, and led him to the cabin.

From Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island by Hall, Basil

Orders were shouted from the bridge, sailors scurried to let down the accommodation ladder and stood by with ropes, awaiting the return of the boat, which was being rapidly rowed back to the Killarney.

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita

As he went down the accommodation ladder an idea occurred to me.

From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell

The accommodation ladder of the ship, which was a regular flight of stairs, had hardly been rigged before a white barge, pulled by four men, came alongside.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver