ladder(1) (iou) and Accoucheuse (health)

ladder(1) (iou)

ladder noun. .

A (fixed or portable) device usu. made of wood, metal, or rope, consisting of a series of bars ('rungs') or steps between two supports, and used as a means of climbing up or down. OE.
extension ladder, rope ladder, scaling-ladder, stepladder, etc. see a hole through a ladder, see through a ladder see something obvious. snakes and ladders: see SNAKE noun 1b.
R. K. Narayan He put up the ladder and climbed to the loft.
b. spec. The steps to a gallows. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
climb the ladder, mount the ladder, go up the ladder be hanged. groom of the ladder the hangman.
A hierarchical structure perceived as resembling a ladder. ME.
kick down the ladder reject or disown the friends or associations that have helped one to rise in the world. social ladder: see SOCIAL adjective.
R. Dahl He bounced up the ladder..to the top job.., Archbishop of Canterbury!
gen. Anything resembling a ladder in appearance or function. ME.
fish ladder: see FISH noun1.
In knitted garments or stockings or tights: a vertical strip of unravelled fabric. M19.
J. C. Oates Her silk stockings broke..in..runs and ladders.
Nautical. A series of rangefinding shots up to or back to the target. E20.
A league-table or ranking order of contestants. M20.
Star (Sheffield) She..reached number nine in the junior ladder at the..Squash Club.
An opportunity or advantageous move in an undertaking (with ref. to the board game of snakes and ladders). M20.
Comb.: ladder-back (chair): in which the back is formed of horizontal pieces of wood; ladder-back woodpecker, ladder-backed woodpecker a woodpecker of Mexico and adjoining regions with black and white barred markings, Picoides scalaris; ladder competition (a) = ladder tournament below; (b) Chess a competition in which players receive and accumulate points according to the merits of their proposed solutions to a series of problems, until a predetermined number of points is achieved; ladder fern any of various chiefly tropical ferns of the genus Nephrolepis, which spread by creeping rhizomes, producing new crowns; ladder point: (in a competition or tournament) which contributes towards improvement in a competitor's ranking; ladder polymer: in which pairs of straight-chain molecules are joined by recurring cross-links; ladder-proof adjective (of a fabric) not liable to ladder; ladder shell a wentletrap, esp. Epitonium groenlandicum; ladder-stitch a crossbar stitch in embroidery; ladder-stop at the top and toe of a stocking, a band of openwork designed to prevent a ladder; ladder tournament a tournament in which players are placed in ranking order and move up by successfully challenging the player ranked next above; ladder-truck a vehicle for carrying fire-ladders and hooks; ladder way a way by which one descends or ascends by means of a ladder in the deck of a ship or the shaft of a mine; ladder-work: for which one needs a ladder, as house-painting etc.

Accoucheuse (health)

"French for a woman who is an obstetrician (a physician skilled in the Art and science of managing Pregnancy, labor and the time after delivery) or a midwife (today a non-physician trained to assist a woman during Childbirth). The ending ""-euse"" is feminine and indicates that the accoucheuse is a woman."

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