society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > furnish with ratlines (2)
transitive. To provide with ratlines. Also with down. Cf. rattle, v.2
transitive. To provide (the shrouds or rigging) with ratlines. Also: to secure (the rigging) by tautening the ratlines. Usually with down. Also in…