accommodation ladder
Example Sentences
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The Port formalities had already been complied with, and now the accommodation ladder was hanging at the side in readiness for visitors.
From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell
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
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
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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
After the last box had been swung up, the admiral and Stephen went up the accommodation ladder to the deck.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
