(Nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps.
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Examples for "Jacob's ladder "
Examples for "Jacob's ladder "
1 Then they had her to a place, and showed her Jacob 's ladder .
2 It is a Jacob 's ladder , - or will be in one moment more.
3 Her Jacob 's ladder , her stepping-stone to her hopes, lay overturned in a corner.
4 At quarter of two Felicia finished a Jacob 's ladder in a long purple stocking.
5 Generation is the true Jacob 's ladder , on which souls are ever ascending or descending.
1 Audio Australian indie troubadours Jack Ladder and Kirin J. Callinan cross the ditch this week for co-headlining shows in Auckland and Wellington.
1 Listen, there are people that are coming down the pilot ladder of the prow.
3 You go up that pilot ladder , get on that ship and tell me how many people are still on board.
4 'Just a pilot ladder , ' he shouted back.
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