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Webster 1913 Edition

Ratlins

{

Rat′lines

,

Rat′lins

}

(răt′lĭnz)

,

Noun.

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.

Definition 2024

ratlins

ratlins

English

Noun

ratlins

plural of ratlin