Bible Dictionaries
Nettles

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

(2):

(n. pl.) Reef points.

(3):

(n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nettles'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nettles.html. 1828.