Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A space or opening for ascending and descending by a ladder; specifically, in mining, a shaft arranged with a system of ladders by winch the miners have access to the part of the mine in which their work is carried on.
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Examples
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Quin asked as they neared the ladderway to the bridge deck.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Then she was right beside him, damn it, reaching the small compartment at the base of the ladderway before he did.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Quin asked as they neared the ladderway to the bridge deck.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Instead he went up onto the roof by way of the steep ladderway used by the workmen who fixed leaks, removed the nests of birds and wasps, and washed the skylights and the windows in the attic cupolas.
Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010
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Then she was right beside him, damn it, reaching the small compartment at the base of the ladderway before he did.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Then she was right beside him, damn it, reaching the small compartment at the base of the ladderway before he did.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Quin asked as they neared the ladderway to the bridge deck.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Tugging at her collar as she climbed the ladderway and tonguing her new tooth, Kira offered a brief prayer and apology to the Prophets for the thought.
REBELS: THE LIBERATED, BOOK III OF III DAFYDD AB HUGH 2008
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She shook off the vertigo and lethargy and moved as quickly as she could for the ladderway.
REBELS: THE LIBERATED, BOOK III OF III DAFYDD AB HUGH 2008
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Kira spun, darted out of the ready room, and slid down the ladderway like an ensign in a sailing-ship holoplay, falling at the end when she forgot and tried to grab with her left hand.
REBELS: THE LIBERATED, BOOK III OF III DAFYDD AB HUGH 2008
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