RATLINE
- any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft
- three-stranded, right-laid, tarred hemp stuff of from 6 to 24 threads, used for ratlines, lashings, etc.
- one of the ropes forming the steps of a ladder on a ship, also RATLIN, RATLING, RATTLIN, RATTLINE [n -S]
- one of the ropes forming the steps of a ship's rope ladder [n RATLINES]
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