rat|line

rat|line
rat|line or rat|lin «RAT lihn», noun.
1. one of the small ropes that cross the shrouds of a ship, used as steps for going aloft.
2. the small, tarred rope from which these are made.
[Middle English ratling, and radelyng; origin uncertain; spelling influenced by English line1]

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