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| rat·tle [ rátt'l ] (past and past participle rat·tled, present participle rat·tling, 3rd person present singular rat·tles) |
transitive verb |
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attach ratlines to rigging: to attach ratlines to the shrouds in the rigging of a ship
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| [Early 18th century. Back-formation <ratling, variant of ratline] |
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