Ladderway
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The shaft or passage enclosing a ladder or connected by ladders.
"Having spaced the beams of the upper deck according to the disposition of the beams below, the ladderways should be so contrived, that in ships of war there should be one next abaft the fore hatchway, which is a single ladderway[…]"
Example
More examples"Having spaced the beams of the upper deck according to the disposition of the beams below, the ladderways should be so contrived, that in ships of war there should be one next abaft the fore hatchway, which is a single ladderway[…]"
Etymology
From ladder + way.
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