"ladderwise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From ladder + -wise.",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1868, Lewis Wright, The Practical Poultry Keeper, page 227:",
          "text": "Such perches never cause crooked breast-bones; the heaviest fowl can reach them, and there is never any dispute for the highest place, which is always the case when arranged en échelon or ladderwise.",
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        "In the manner of a ladder; arranged in ascending steps like a ladder."
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        "In the manner of a ladder; arranged in ascending steps like a ladder."
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