gangway ladder

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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 Griffith, George Chetwynd

He then ordered the boats to be lowered, and the gangway ladder to be rigged, to enable the ladies to descend with ease.

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles

When Zaidie had made her winter toilet, and Redgrave had found the air to be quite respirable, but of Arctic cold, they went down the gangway ladder about twenty minutes later.

From A Honeymoon in Space by Griffith, George Chetwynd

When he did so he hastily made fast, and was up the gangway ladder three steps at a time.

From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by Goldfrap, John Henry

I beckoned her to come alongside, and descended the gangway ladder.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.