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Definition of Ratlin
1. Noun. (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft.
Exact synonyms: Ratline
Category relationships: Navigation, Sailing, Seafaring
Generic synonyms: Line
Group relationships: Ship
Category relationships: Navigation, Sailing, Seafaring
Generic synonyms: Line
Group relationships: Ship
Definition of Ratlin
1. ratline [n -S] - See also: ratline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratlin
Literary usage of Ratlin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"... and three-fifths being present, as follows: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE Ames Draper
Karle Meyer Swift Baumes Duell ratlin Mullan Thayer Bloomfield ..."
2. Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin: With a Memoir by Charles Dibdin (1864)
"JACK ratlin was the ab'.est seaman, None like him could hand, reef, and steer;
No dangerous toil but he'd encounter With skill, and in contempt of fear. ..."
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