Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Jacob's-ladder, 1.
  • noun Same as gangway, 4.

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  • From the pond they are hauled up out of the water on to a "jack-ladder," by means of an endless chain, provided with saddles or spurs which engage the logs and draw them up into the second story on to the log slip, Fig. 36.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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