°A platformmounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
°a means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals in the very long term.
°A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
°That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence, e.g. the corporate ladder.
verb
°To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.
°(of a knitted garment) To develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.