'hook and ladder' definitions:
Definition of 'hook and ladder'
From: GCIDE
- 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]