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Small ropes on ships
Answer for the clue "Small ropes on ships ", 7 letters:
ratlins
Word definitions for ratlins in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of ratlin English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ratlines \Rat"lines\, Ratlins \Rat"lins\ (r[a^]t"l[i^]nz), 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.
Usage examples of ratlins.
With ratlins fried three times a day And a leaky old berth for to sleep.