RATLINES

Noun

ratlines

plural of ratline

Anagrams

• Latiners, art lines, entrails, larnites, latrines, retinals, slantier, trainels, trenails

Source: Wiktionary


Rat"lines, rat"lins, n. pl. Etym: [Of uncertain origin.] (Naut.)

Definition: The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder. [Written also ratlings, and rattlings.] Totten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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