Meanings
nounrope ladder (plural rope ladders)
plural rope ladders
- A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top.
Jem had outgrown the treehouse, but helped Dill and me construct a new rope ladder for it
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
Translations
Czech provazový žebřík
- provazový žebříkflexible ladder
Finnish köysitikkaat
- köysitikkaatflexible ladder
French échelle de corde
- échelle de cordeflexible ladder
German Strickleiter, Fallreep
- Strickleiterflexible ladder
- Fallreepflexible ladder
Greek ανεμόσκαλα
- ανεμόσκαλα (anemóskala)flexible ladder
Hebrew סֻלַּם חֲבָלִים
- סֻלַּם חֲבָלִים (sulam khavalim)flexible ladder
Hungarian kötéllétra
- kötéllétraflexible ladder
Irish dréimire rópa
- dréimire rópaflexible ladder
Italian biscaglina
- biscaglinaflexible ladder
Norwegian Bokmål taustige
- taustigeflexible ladder
Russian фалреп
- фалреп (falrep)flexible ladder
Swedish repstege
- repstegeflexible ladder
Turkish ip merdiven
- ip merdivenflexible ladder
Cite this entry
APA
rope ladder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rope%20ladder
MLA
“rope ladder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rope%20ladder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rope ladder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rope%20ladder.
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