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The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

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  1. n. pl. The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
  2. The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder. [Written also ratlings, and rattlings.] Totten.
  3. n. pl. The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.