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Definition of Extension ladder
1. Noun. A ladder whose length can be extended.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extension Ladder
Literary usage of Extension ladder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1907)
"In an action by a painter against a contractor employing him, for personal injuries
from a fall caused by the breaking of an extension ladder used as a ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... a portable extension ladder A,nd jumping sheet, a life-saving chute, ...
two petroleum torches each, an extension ladder (15 metres long) and come spare ..."
3. The Ohio Nisi Prius Reports by Ohio Courts (1917)
"In this case the plaintiff says that one part of the double- section extension
ladder was resting upon the eaves, and adjoining to and close to the chimney ..."
4. Annual Reports by Detroit (Mich, Detroit (Mich.) (1910)
"Carries the following apparatus: One extension ladder 60 feet, two 35- foot
ladders, one ladder 30 feet, one 25 feet, one 20 feet, one 18 feet, one 16 feet, ..."
5. Official History of the Fire Department of the City of Baltimore: Together by Clarence H. Forrest (1898)
"This piece of apparatus carried seven ladders, ranging from eight to 40 feet in
length, and an extension ladder fastened to a turn table on the forward part ..."
6. The Insurance Year Book by Spectator insurance yearbook (1894)
"Fire department—1 hand engine, 1 chemical engine, 1 hose carriage, 1 extension
ladder; hose, cotton gootl 400 ft; value of flre department equipment $1000; ..."
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