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"Ratline" Definition

noun

Any of the small ropes fastened horizontally to the shrouds of a ship and forming a ladder for going aloft.
The material used for these ropes.
Any of the small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds of a ship so as to form the steps of a rope ladder .