Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratlings
Literary usage of Ratlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rudimentary Treatise on Masting, Mast-making, and Rigging of Ships: Also by Robert Kipping (1854)
"The ratlings are fastened round each shroud with a dove-hitch, ... The ratlings
are fastened horizontally to the shrouds, at distances of thirteen to ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... thin ropes, called ratlings, are hitched horizontally, and form convenient
ladders for the men to use in going aloft. The standing rigging of the lower ..."
3. Ice-pack and Tundra: An Account of the Search for the Jeannette and a Sledge by William Henry Gilder (1883)
"They despise the ratlings, but go aloft, hand over hand, by any convenient rope.
The other night, while taking in sail during a squall, one of the men had ..."
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