Meanings
nounscaling ladder (plural scaling ladders)
plural scaling ladders · alternative scalingladder
- A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification.
Those who survived were forced to carry the Mongols' long scaling ladders up to the very walls of the fortress, while others were made to erect their siege engines under heavy fire.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 13
Translations
Bulgarian обсадна стълба
- обсадна стълба (obsadna stălba)a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification
Chinese Mandarin 雲梯 /云梯
- 雲梯 /云梯 (yúntī)a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification
Finnish piiritystikkaat
- piiritystikkaata ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification
Irish dréimire dreapadóireachta
- dréimire dreapadóireachtaa ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification
Japanese 雲梯
- 雲梯 (untei)a ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification
Polish drabina oblężnicza
- drabina oblężniczaa ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification
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APA
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Chicago
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