And this is one of the signs by which you can tell a man-of-war from a merchantman, for in war-ships the catch ratline is on the aftermost shroud instead of on the foremost.
The foremost shroud of the lower rigging has only a "catch ratline;" that is, one ratline in about six continued to the shroud that lies furthest forward.
But however gray and desolate she loomed, with her topmasts housed and the black lines of ratline and stay across the brightening sky, nothing could hide the saucy cut-under of the bow and the long, free sweep of the rail.
We also conveyed to the cook-house a quantity of ratline stuff--a thin rope used for making of the steps in the shroud ladders; this being a line that would exactly serve to suspend the smaller parcels of powder in the splits.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ratline" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: rigging; rope; support
