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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A portable ladder hung from the side of a ship.
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- noun nautical a
flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of aship for access to and from a smallboat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside
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