Thin line or rope used for ratlines (sense 2); a length or quantity of this. More fully ratline stuff, ratline line, †ratline yarn.

Light rope of two strands, used esp. for binding larger ropes. Also more generally: strong cord or waxed twine.

A kind of flat braided cordage formed by pleating together several strands of rope-yarn, coarse hemp, grass, or other fibrous material.

(plural) ‘Spun rope-yarn lines, for worming a cable, seizing, winding tacks, and the like’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).

spec. Nautical. A small line made of yarn, used on board ship. Also attributive.

Nautical. = houseline, n.

The action of lash, v.2; the action of fastening any movable body with a cord. Hence concrete the cord used for this purpose.

A light line or rope of three strands, used for lashing, seizings, etc.; also called housing (see housing, n.1 4b). Cf. marline, n.

Nautical. (See quots. 1769 1815)

= sinnet, n.

(See quot. 1867.)

concrete (Nautical). Cordage or yarn used for ‘seizing’; also seizing-stuff.

Chiefly Nautical. A light rope made of coir or other plant material, such as sisal or hemp; = grass rope n. at grass, n.1 compounds 5. Also as a…

(a) the action of the verb; (b) concrete (Nautical) rope for making strops.

Nautical. ‘A short piece of rope or line made fast to anything to secure it, or as a handle’ (Smyth Sa… The material of which lanyards are made.

items or materials that are the least in size, importance, or value of their class; spec.: †(a) small branches, twigs, and foliage (obsolete); (b)…