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Companion ladder

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(Naut.) the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck.

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Suddenly the schooner in front of me gave a violent yaw, turning, perhaps, through twenty degrees; and almost at the same moment one shout followed another from on board; I could hear feet pounding on the companion ladder and I knew that the two drunkards had at last been interrupted in their quarrel and awakened to a sense of their disaster.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
She had that indefinable, intuitive feeling that she was utterly alone upon the vessel, and at length, unable to endure the inaction and uncertainty longer, made her way to the companion ladder where for half an hour she futilely attempted to remove the hatch.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
They passed through the small main-cabin, climbed a steep companion ladder, and emerged on deck.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
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