Crossword clues for ratline
ratline
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"thin rope," especially as used on sailing ships, late 15c., originally ratling, of unknown origin; spelling ratline attested from 1773, by influence of line (n.).
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) 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.
WordNet
n. (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft [syn: ratlin]
Wikipedia
Ratlines are climbing aids in rigging of sailing vessels similar to a rope ladder.
Ratline or ratlines may also refer to:
- Ratlines (World War II), escape routes for Nazi fugitives
- Ratline, an ordeal practiced at the Virginia Military Institute
Usage examples of "ratline".
Gorgas had served with Hand for eight years, longer than anyone in the crew save Satterwaithe and Ratline, and he had detested Hand for ninety-five months of that.
Society then may have winked and nudged and leered, but little Timmy Ratline had been on the butt end, and his smiles had been only for the tips.
Indeed, she often thought of herself as acting cargo master, since Ratline was six years older than Satan and given to long, solitary retreats into his cabin.
Gorgas was too pompous, Grubb too virginal, Ratline too old, the wranglers too young, and Bhatterji too whatever Bhatterji was, so The Lotus Jewel had few options.
She was an older woman, not so old as Ratline but her hair had grayed and there were deep lines at the corners of her eyes and mouth.
Some of the more routine work could even be farmed out to Ratline and his wranglers.
Bhatterji found in mentoring likely young lads, or that Corrigan found in rereading a favorite old text, or that Ratline found when he shut himself alone inside his rooms.
Corrigan, Satterwaithe, and Ratline took turns funding the meal from their personal accounts.
Fife commented that galleys on commercial liners gave more quotidian names to the meals they harvested, but Ratline disagreed.
He fastened the handle into its table socket while Ratline nodded to Satterwaithe.
If Ratline beamed a little more broadly than his messmates, it may be that he, like Bhatterji, had a stash.
If Bhatterji had the right to decompress and Satterwaithe to declare the first toast, then Ratline had the right to do whatever he damn-all pleased.
If the sail locker was confining to Satterwaithe and Ratline, imagine the elongated body of the spaceborn folded into such tolerances.
If God was in the details, as Flaubert had once said, then Ratline was His most devoted acolyte.
Corrigan were sure of anything it was that Ratline would follow whatever course Satterwaithe laid.