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ratlins


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ratlines  \Rat"lines\,  ratlins  \rat"lins\,  n.  pl  [Of  uncertain 
  origin.]  (Naut.) 
  The  small  transverse  ropes  attached  to  the  shrouds  and 
  forming  the  steps  of  a  rope  ladder.  [Written  also  {ratlings}, 
  and  {rattlings}.]  --Totten. 




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