LADDER
ADVERBS
1898 ► ALAG not sufficiently upright; too horizontal, as in placing a ladder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1225 ► TINE a rung or step of a ladder → obs.
1527 ► SPRANG a rung or round of a ladder → obs.
1565 ► RUNDLE a rung of a ladder → obs.
1680 ► TACKLING-LADDER a rope-ladder → obs.
1688 ► GANG a step or rung of a ladder → obs.
1705 ► SCALE a ladder; a flight of steps → Sc. obs.
1708 ► JACOB a ladder → cant obs.
1741 ► LETHER a ladder → obs.
1784 ► LADE a ladder → Eng. dial.
1889 ► JACOB’S LADDER a small ladder → Eng. dial.
1902 ► LADDER-STAVE the rung or round of a ladder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1942 ► BIG STICK a fireman’s ladder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► CLIMBS a ladder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GO-UP a ladder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SKID a fireman’s ladder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► STICK a ladder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► UP-AND-DOWN a ladder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► RAIL the rung of a ladder → Amer. dial.
1966 ► RAILING the rung of a ladder → Amer. dial.
1966 ► RING the rung of a ladder → Amer. dial.
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