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Definition of Ratlines

Ratlines
Ratlines Rat"lines, ratlins at"lins, n. pl. [Of uncertain origin.] (Naut.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder. [Written also ratlings, and rattlings.] --Totten.

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- 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...
- together. The ratlines were supported by clergy of the Catholic Church. Starting in 1947, U.S. Intelligence utilized existing ratlines to move certain...
- Look up ratline in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ratlines (/ˈrætlɪnz/) are lengths of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to form a...
- The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a **** Fugitive is a 2020 book by Philippe Sands that examines Otto Wächter. The book has three...
- Rattlin Ratlines (2006)" SF W****ly.com [1] List of groups 2002-2008 on official Festival Maritim website. Picture of Salty Walt & the Rattlin' Ratlines in...
- create an unstable structure similar to the ratlines of a sailing ship. However, unlike ascending ratlines leaning inward using one's legs for upward progress...
- March 2008. Phayer (2000), pp. 50–57 Welle, Deutsche (1 March 2020). "The ratlines: What did the Vatican know about **** escape routes?". DW.COM. Archived...
- called "Rats," the accepted term (since the 1850s) for a New Cadet. The VMI ratline is a tough, old-fashioned indoctrination-system which dates back to the...
- in his Dictionary of 1769, the knot is much older, having been tied in ratlines at least as early as the first quarter of the sixteenth century. This is...
- ****tock shrouds can be used to gain access to the tops. Sailors ascend ratlines on the ordinary shrouds until nearly at the top, then transfer to the ****tock...