The Collaborative International Dictionary
hook-and-ladder truck \hook"-and-lad"der truck\, hook and ladder truck \hook" and lad"der truck\, hook and ladder \hook" and lad"der\, n. A firefighting truck equipped with a ladder extendable to great length, for access to the upper stories of buildings; it also carries other firefighting equipment; called also ladder truck.
Wikipedia
Hook and ladder may refer to:
- Hook-and-ladder truck, a type of fire apparatus
- Hook and ladder play or hook and lateral, a type of novelty play used in American football
- Hook and Ladder (1924 film), a film starring Hoot Gibson
- Hook and Ladder (1932 film), an Our Gang film
- Hook and ladder (chess) or deletion sacrifice, a chess tactic
Hook and Ladder is a 1924 American Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson.
Hook and Ladder is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 116th (28th talking episode) Our Gang short that was released.
Usage examples of "hook and ladder".
In a short time a hook and ladder arrived, followed by a police car, then another fire truck.
And what would they have said about the men she liked, the stalwart officers of the law, and the heroes of the fire brigade hook and ladder trucks whom she hunted in noisy wholesome neighborhood bars, picking her partners as much for their roughened hands and their roughened voices as for their heavy chests and powerful arms.
Patti, rotating her behind sweetly, walked over and climbed into the driver's seat of a hook and ladder.