hook-and-ladder truck

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hook-and-ladder truck - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [PJC]