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Jack Ladder

Definition: Jack Ladder

Jack Ladder

Noun

1. (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Jack Ladder

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

Rope ladder in which each rung is made of a flat piece of wood pierced by four holes, two at each end, through which the four side ropes are rove. Strong cross seizings are put on just below the rung on each side bending the two side ropes together. Recently, such ladders have been made of chain, with steel rungs. Source: European Union. (references)
 An inclined plane up which logs are drawn, transversely or end-to-end, to the mill deck by means of an endless cable or bull chain. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Jack Ladder

Synonym: pilot ladder (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Jack Ladder

Language Translations for "jack ladder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tovvaerkslejder (jacob's ladder), lodslejder (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), kaedetransportoer (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

jakobsladder (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), loodsladder (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tukkirata (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way), luotsitikkaat (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references)

   

French

  

chaîne monte-grume (jack slip, jack works, log jack), chaîne élévatrice (jack slip, jack works, log jack), échelle de tangon (jacob's ladder), échelle de pilote (Jacob's ladder). (various references)

   

German

  

Jakobsleiter (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Sturmleiter (scaling ladder), Seefallreep (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Lotsentreppe (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Lotsenleiter (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Blockförderer (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way), Blockaufzug (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κεκλιμένο αναβατήριο με ατέρμονα αλυσίδα (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way), κλίμακα πλοηγού (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), σχοινόσκαλα πλοηγού (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sollevatore per tronchi (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way), scala di pilota (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), scala di asta di posta (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), scala a tarozzi (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), biscaglina (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackjay adderlay

   

Portuguese

  

guindaste/grua para levantamento de troncos (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way), escada de piloto (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), corrente monta-cargas para troncos (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

scarã de pilot (jumping ladder). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

escala del práctico (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), escala de gato (Jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), elevador de rollos (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stocktransportör (hoist, jack slip, jack works, log chain, log chute, log haul, log haul-up, log hoist, log jack, log slip, log-way). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Jack Ladder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-d-e-j-k-l-r"

-3 letters: arcaded, caldera, craaled, cradled, darkled, decadal, kraaled.

-4 letters: alcade, arcade, arcked, calked, calker, carded, carked, cradle, credal, dacker, daedal, darked, darkle, jackal, jacked, jacker, lacked, lacker, ladder, larded, larked, racked, rackle, raddle, reclad.

-5 letters: acred, adder, addle, akela, alack, alder, arced, areal, areca, cadre, caked, cared, carle, cedar, clade, clear, clerk, craal, crake.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jack Ladder


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 61 63 6B      4C 61 64 64 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01001100 01100001 01100100 01100100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#76 &#97 &#100 &#100 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0061 0063 006B      004C 0061 0064 0064 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

446769772466770707184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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