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Quarter-LADDERS
Quarter-LADDERS, two ladders of rope, descending from the right and left side of a ship's stem, whereby to descend into the boats which are moored astern, in order to bring them up along-side of the ship; or to use them for any other occasion.
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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/0778.html