lower rung

He hooked one bulbous leg over a ladder rung and braced the other against a lower rung, hugging the ladder with both arms.

And the young dog, placing his forepaws on a lower rung, looked up, slowly waving his silvery brush.

The old woman tottered and sat down on the lower rung of a ladder standing there.

We on a lower rung of the ladder must keep our hands from the ankles of the climbers above us!

But as he set his foot on the lower rung the man by the fire awakened with a start.