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scaling ladders

scaling ladders is the plural of scaling ladder.

Meaning of scaling ladder

Noun

scaling ladder (plural scaling ladders)

  1. A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification.
    • Those who survived were forced to carry the Mongols' long scaling ladders up to the very walls of the fortress, while others were made to erect their siege engines under heavy fire.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 13

Questions about scaling ladders

What is scaling ladders the plural of?
Scaling ladders is the plural of scaling ladder.

Words near scaling ladders in the dictionary

  1. scaling
  2. scaling back
  3. scaling down
  4. scaling in
  5. scaling ladder
  6. scaling ladders
  7. scaling off
  8. scaling out
  9. scaling up
  10. scalings
  11. scaliola

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