Usually means: Stairs connecting decks on ships.
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  1. companion ladder: Merriam-Webster
  2. companion ladder: Collins English Dictionary
  3. companion-ladder, companion ladder: Wordnik
  4. companion ladder: Wiktionary
  5. companion ladder: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Companion ladder, companion ladder: Dictionary.com
  7. Companion Ladder: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. companion ladder: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Companion ladder: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (companion ladder)

▸ noun:  (nautical) Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck.

Similar:
companionway, companion, accommodation ladder, gangway, ladder, hook ladder, lobby, spar deck, halfdeck, ladderway, more...

Opposite:
solitary ladder, individual ladder, lone ladder

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Similar:
companionway, companion, accommodation ladder, gangway, ladder, hook ladder, lobby, spar deck, halfdeck, ladderway, more...

Opposite:
solitary ladder, individual ladder, lone ladder



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