rope ladder
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- noun
- /roʊp ˈlædər/
:
escalera de cuerda
- You know that Agent Booth would have a swinging rope ladder out.
- climbing a rope ladder
- rope ladder hanging
- rope ladder dangling
Examples
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The boys throw two rope ladders over the rail of the larger ship and start climbing.
Fiction book (2002) -
"I just have to prepare myself for it." Nguyen opened a cabinet door, which revealed a rolled-up rope ladder with teak treads.
Fiction book (1999) -
A helicopter could have reached them, I supposed, one with a rope ladder.
Fiction book (1999) -
The grapnel and the rope ladder take up a lot of room.
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Armed men and women from the Brewery are climbing a rope ladder to join them.
Fiction book (2002) -
The rope ladder caught on the second try, and up we scurried.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Yankee copter's pilot has dropped a rope ladder down,
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Tzemach held onto the rope ladder with both hands and panted for breath.
Fiction book (1996) -
A handful found a rope ladder and were in the process of rescuing Bait and the unconscious guard from the muddy pen.
Fiction book (1992) -
The climber used a rope ladder to reach the helicopter hovering above the cliff.
Synonyms
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A frame with steps used to climb up or down
A rope or chain with steps used to climb between a ship and small boats
A hanging ladder made of rope or chain with wooden rungs used on ships
A rope ladder with wooden or metal steps that you use to board a ship from a small boat
A ladder lowered from a ship to let people climb aboard from the water or a small boat
How Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ladder made of rope' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'rope' (twisted fiber cord) with 'ladder' (frame with rungs); there is no idiomatic shift. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Rope ladder: The noun rope ladder names a ladder with sides of rope and steps called 'rungs'. Imagine a soft ladder hanging from a ship or a tree you can pull up by hand. Because it is light and flexible, a rope ladder is used where a hard ladder will not fit, so the name means a ladder for quick or emergency 'escape' or boarding.