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Ratlins
Webster's Dictionary
(n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ratlins'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ratlins.html. 1828.