English Dictionary

ratline

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹætlɪn/

名詞

不可算名詞 歴史的 複数形

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

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(nautical) 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.

[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.

意味（3）

(historical, in the plural) A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II.

Marc Masurovsky, of the European Shoah Legacy Institute, has a remarkable knowledge of the Nazi ratlines and Allied intelligence.

ratlines （ plural ）