gangway ladder
Example Sentences
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Lay aft, some hands, and stow the gangway ladder.
From The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Cyrus Cuneo
We went below by the gangway ladder and watched the conference between the captain and Mr Wilson, who, we were afraid, had done himself no good by trying to assist us.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
He put on his best brass-buttoned coat that evening, and went down the three steps of the gangway ladder with a secret air, a sleuth; but he brought back his news nevertheless.
From The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
At all events when we ascended the gangway ladder not a soul was to be seen; our lads therefore quickly clapped on the hatches, beginning with the fore-scuttle, and the brig was ours.
From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by D.L. Mays
A boat dropped into the water, and three minutes later Captain Mark Merrill ran up the gangway ladder, saluted the quarter-deck, and handed his sword to the Admiral.
From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by George Chetwynd Griffith
