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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

ratline

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Source Word

ratline

IPA(Pronunciation)

uncountable historical in-plural

(nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.

Japanese Meaning

船の帆装において、縦索に対して横（交差）に取り付けられ、登板や移動のための梯子状の手すり（ロープやその類似素材）として機能する索。

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She tied a spare rope to the ratline to reinforce the crew's climbing route.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は乗組員が登る通路を補強するために、船のはしご状のロープに予備の綱を結びつけた。

Sense（1）

(nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.

Sense（2）

[H]e laid hold of the first ratline with his right hand, then sprung to the second, with his left, and so on alternately, right and left, up to the last, close to the futtock shrouds.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

ratlines

（ plural ）

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