sea ladder
noun
a set of rungs fixed to the side of a vessel, forming a ladder from the weather deck to the water line.
Origin of sea ladder
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby sea ladder
sea horse,
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sea lamprey,
sea lane,
sea lavender,
sea lawyer,
sea leather
Example sentences from the Web for sea ladder
These two had long since waived the formality of the sea-ladder.
The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht |Margaret Love Sanderson“Great stuff, you kids, but I am too fat and have to wend my middle-aged way down the sea-ladder,” and Mr. Wing did it.
The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht |Margaret Love Sanderson
British Dictionary definitions for sea ladder
sea ladder
noun
a rope ladder, set of steps, etc, by which a boat may be boarded at sea