accommodation ladder
Example Sentences
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Mostyn, standing a few feet from the head of the accommodation ladder, watched her curiously.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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
In less than ten minutes the boat had been swung out by means of a derrick, and was straining at her painter alongside the accommodation ladder.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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
As the Tallapoosa gathered headway, a gentleman, clothed in naval uniform, stepped on the rail from the accommodation ladder.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver
