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Accommodation-LADDER
Accommodation-LADDER, is a sort of light stair-case, occasionally fixed on the gangway of the admiral, or commander in chief, of a fleet. It is furnished with rails and entering-ropes, covered with red bays, and the lower-end of it is retained at a competent distance from the ship's side by iron bars, or braces, to render the passage more convenient to those who enter or depart from the ship. See the article GANGWAY.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 169, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0777.html