Definition of Ladder truck

1. Noun. A fire engine carrying ladders.

Exact synonyms: Aerial Ladder Truck
Generic synonyms: Fire Engine, Fire Truck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ladder Truck

lacy
lad
lad's love
lad culture
ladanum
ladanums
ladder
ladder-back
ladder-back chair
ladder-proof
ladder logic
ladder polyether
ladder snake
ladder snakes
ladder splint
ladder truck (current term)
ladderane
ladderanes
laddered
laddering
ladderless
ladderlike
ladders
laddertron
laddery
laddie
laddies
laddish
laddishness
laddism

Literary usage of Ladder truck

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

1. The Insurance Year Book by Spectator insurance yearbook (1894)
"Flre department— 1 hook and ladder truck, 2 hose carriages, 2 hose wagons; hose, cotton good 1000 ft; value of flre department equipment $2500; ..."

2. The Insurance Year Book by Spectator insurance yearbook (1889)
"Lincoln, Logan Co., population "7500; buildings, brick and frame, 2 and 3 stories; department consists of i hook and ladder truck, I hose carnage, ..."

3. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"The horses now have been supplanted by some form of motor mechanism, either as a tractor or applied directly to each of the wheels of the ladder truck. ..."

4. The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1871)
"Of this class of brigade machines the Skinner Hook and ladder truck and F. Escape ... It consists of a hook and ladder truck, with F. escape attached, ..."

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