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accommodation ladder

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accommodation ladder

–noun
a portable flight of steps, usually having a small platform at each end, suspended at the side of a vessel to give access to and from boats alongside.

Origin:
1760–70
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accommodation ladder  
n.  A portable ladder hung from the side of a ship.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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