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ratlings |
1 definition found 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.