"Ladder" Definition

Definitions for the word "Ladder" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
1 set of horizontal bars fixed between two uprights and used for climbing up or down. 2 vertical strip of unravelled stitching in a stocking etc. 3 hierarchical structure, esp. As a means of career advancement. v. 1 cause a ladder in (a stocking etc.).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. slang
“can’t see a hole in a LADDER,” said of any one who is intoxicated. It was once said that a man was never properly drunk until he could not lie down without holding, could not see a hole through a LADDER, or went to the pump to light his pipe.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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