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ratline
English
Alternative forms
- ratlin, rattlin, rattline
Etymology
Apparently an alteration of raddling, after rat, line.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ætl?n/
Noun
ratline (plural ratlines)
- (nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship. [from 14th c.]
- (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. [from 17th c.]
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80:
- [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.
- 1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 34
- That meant it was not possible to use ratlines — that is, to make rope ladders out of the shrouds by adding small connecting pieces of ropes.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80:
- (historical, in the plural) A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II.
Translations
Further reading
- ratlines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ratlines (World War II aftermath) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -traline, Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, latrine, line art, reliant, retinal, trainel, trenail
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ralline
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From scientific Latin Rallidae (family name).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??al??n/
Adjective
ralline (comparative more ralline, superlative most ralline)
- (ornithology, rare) Of, or pertaining to members of the Rallidae family (also referred to as rails).
Anagrams
- Rinella, renilla
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