(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:28:46

Rat"lines, 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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