Definition of Scaling ladder

1. Noun. A ladder used to scale walls (as in an attack).

Generic synonyms: Ladder

Definition of Scaling ladder

1. Noun. A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaling Ladder

scaleproof
scaler
scalers
scales
scaletail
scaletails
scaleup
scaleups
scaley
scalic
scalier
scaliest
scaliness
scalinesses
scaling
scaling ladder (current term)
scaling ladders
scaling laws
scalings
scaliola
scall
scallawag
scallawags
scalled
scallies
scallion
scallions
scallop
scallop shell
scallop theorem

Literary usage of Scaling ladder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Any height can be reached by a skilled fireman with a scaling ladder, ... The value of the scaling-ladder was well illustrated ra by an incident that ..."

2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Any height can be reached by a skilled fireman with a scaling ladder, ... The value of the scaling-ladder was well illustrated I by an incident that ..."

3. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... where a very satisfactory representation is introduced of the scaling ladder and ... scaling ladder ..."

4. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1842)
"... where a very satisfactory representation is introduced of the scaling ladder and ... scaling ladder ..."

5. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... where a very satisfactory representation is introduced of the scaling ladder and ... scaling ladder ..."

6. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1848)
"scaling ladder OF THE INTELLECT; OR, THREAD OF THE LABYRINTH. IT would Ьь difficult to find fault with ..."

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