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ratline
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ratline has 1 sense
- ratline(n = noun.artifact) ratlin - (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft; Array is a kind of line
is a part of ship
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ratline, n. (also ratlin) (usu. in pl.) any of the small lines fastened across a sailing-ship's shrouds like ladder-rungs.
Etymology
ME: orig. unkn.
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