ratline

English

Alternative forms

• ratlin
• rattlin
• rattline

Noun

ratline (plural ratlines)

1. (nautical) Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast.
   • Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 34

     1980, That meant it was not possible to use ratlines -- that is, to make rope ladders out of the shrouds by adding small connecting pieces of ropes.

Translations

net like ropework of the shrouds

• Finnish: väylinki
• French: enfléchure (fr) f
• Polish: wyblinki f pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: выблёнки f pl (vybljónki)
• Spanish: flechaste (es) m
• Swedish: vevling c

Anagrams

• Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, latrine, line art, reliant, retinal, trainel, trenail