ratlinen.¹

Brit.

/ˈratlɪn/, U.S.

/ˈrætlən/

Forms:

α. Middle English radelyng, Middle English ratheling, Middle English redelynge, Middle English rodelyng, Middle English 1600s– ratling, late Middle English rodedyng (transmission error), 1600s–1800s rattling.

β. late Middle English raddelyne, 1600s rutline, 1700s– ratline.

γ. 1500s ratlyn, 1700s–1800s rattlin, 1700s– ratlin; also Scottish pre-1700 rettlin.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: raddling n.¹

Etymology: Apparently a variant of raddling n.¹ (although this is first attested later; compare rathel v.); in β. forms apparently with alteration of the second syllable after line n.²; compare marline n. The currency of forms in rat- was perhaps reinforced by folk-etymological association with rat n.¹With the semantic connection of this word with weaving or intertwining compare e.g. the synonymous Dutch weveling (1530; ultimately < weven weave v.¹). The primary function of ratlines was to interlink the shrouds to enhance their stability. An alternative derivation is < Middle French ralingue bolt-rope, cordage used to strengthen the edge of a sail (1155 in Old French (Normandy) as raelinge ; French ralingue ; apparently < an unattested early Scandinavian compound from the bases of Old Icelandic rá sail yard (see rae n.) and lík leech n.³), but this does not account for the dental consonant (which is consistently found in English) and also poses serious semantic problems.

Nautical.

1. Thin line or rope used for ratlines (sense 2); a length or quantity of this. More fully ratline stuff, ratline line, †ratline yarn.The earliest examples are recorded in compound.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > specific types of rope

ratline1358

marline1417

sinnet1611

caburn1626

knittle1627

housing1642

lashing1669

houseline1712

fox1769

sennit1769

hamber-line1793

seizing1804

grass line1828

stropping1850

lanyard1862

small stuff1867

α.

1358–64 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 83 ij cord' pro ratheling lyne, ponder' xxxvj lb.

1420–1 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 89 (MED) j Tak, j Rodelynglyne, viij Remis.

1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 347 (MED) Paid to Thomas Fuller for xvij li. of redelynge yerne.

1481 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 111 My Lord paid him for iij. hausers, a peir takkes, a ratling line for Chewdes, weing C. a quarter xiij. lb. xv. s.

1669 H. Brayne Inventorie Shipp Carolina 17 Aug. in L. Cheves Shaftesbury Papers (2000) 139 Cordige... One Quoile of Ratling.

1739 B. Franklin Advt. 8 Nov. in Papers (1960) II. 242 To Be Sold..Ratling, Worming, Marline and Spun-yarn.

1958 Mariner's Mirror 44 231 If a keelman..could not get a horse to pull him, he had to put the mate ashore with a man's line [for towing]. This was a piece of light line about as thick as rattling lines, it was of cotton.

β. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 185 Raddelyne Marlyne & Sayletwyne. Also..payed for DC weyght Radelyng..liiij s.1600 Court Rec. in H. Stevens Dawn Brit. Trade E. India (1886) I. 19 1 Rudder saile lyne for Rutline.1712 Boston News-let. 14 Apr. 2/2 (advt.) Newly Imported from Great Britain;..very fine new Cordage from a Ratline to a five inch Shroud Halser.1799 A. Mackenzie Let. 20 July in Jrnls. & Lett. (1970) 494 1 do. [i.e., coil] of Ratline Stuff.1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 323 We had no new ratline stuff on board.1954 J. J. Quill Bradford's Gloss. Sea Terms (new ed.) 154/1 Ratline stuff, twelve- or fifteen-thread but usually eighteen-thread right-handed, tarred rope, used for ratlines, heavy lashings and heavy lines.1996 G. Danton Theory & Pract. of Seamanship (ed. 11) xvi. 415 Tarred Cordage is made from soft hemp and used for general deck purposes, nine-thread line being popular as a heaving line... It is often referred to as ratline.γ. 1580 in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) III. 206/1 Fyfty pounde weight..of Ratlyn.1835 E. A. Poe MS. in Bottle in Gift 1836 80 A pile of ratlin-stuff and old sails.1835 J. Constable in Mem. (1845) 268 A supply of rattlin for his hammock.

2. Any of the small lines fastened across the shrouds of a sailing ship like the rungs of a ladder, used for climbing the rigging. Frequently in plural.catch-ratline: see catch n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > ratlines other rigging ladders

ratline1611

Jacob's ladder1840

α.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enflecheures, the ratlings, the cordie steps whereby mariners climbe vp to the top of the mast.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The tackles, the mison stay, the collers,..the mison top shroudes, and their ratlings..the most of all these are also belonging to the fore-mast, misen and bowlespret.

a1685 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of Muse in Wks. (1717) II. 371 With ill-furl'd Sails, and Rattlings loose.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 141 Ratlings are ¹/ ₆ of the Shrowds.

1762 G. Cockings War (ed. 2) iv. 20 To these [shrouds] the rattlings are fix'd, to go to mast-head by.

1797 Ld. Nelson Let. 23 June in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. Add. p. cxliv A brace, bowling, halyards, or any rope, even to a rattling.

1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. xvi. 268 Four or five of the older mariners jumped upon the ratlings, to mount with him into an air that apparently teemed with a hundred hurricanes.

1859 All Year Round 20 Aug. 399 I placed my hands on the shrouds..and lightly touched with my feet the lower rattlings.

1986 Twist x. 10/1 A ratling is a piece of string swung from one end of a yard to the mast, on which several people balance 40 feet above the deck while they use both hands to pull in a sail.

β. 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. iii. Rat-lines, or Ratlings, are those Lines which make the Ladder-Steps.1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 143 Up ladders and steps, and up ratlines and stairs, We pass'd.1835 W. Colton Ship & Shore 190 You would see him, as he was ordered to take his watch aloft, squaring off towards the ratlines, with the looks and attitudes of one, doubtful of results, but at least resolved to die manfully.1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iii. 371/1 Ratlines, in ship rigging, small lines that traverse the shrouds of a ship horizontally, at regular distances, and form ascending ladders to the mast-head.1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 13 All the ratlines are seized to the after shroud but one, except every fifth ratline, which is seized to the after shroud, and is called a catch ratline.1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold xvii. 238 He tumbled from the ratlines and ran aft to the break of the poop.1964 Gloss. Terms Fibre Ropes & Cordage (B.S.I.) 14 Ratline, a 3 strand hemp tarred rope used in ship rigging.1988 Yachting Monthly Oct. 89/2 When she came alongside at Pyrmont 30 minutes later, every sail was immaculately furled and her rat-lines manned by immaculate cadets in white uniforms.2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) v. 179 He climbed up past the two topsails, which were rock-hard with wind..and up the topgallant ratlines to the yardarm.γ. 1705 Modest Answer Malicious Libel against F. Nicholson 16 They had not the least stump of a ladder, nor any thing like one, but only a single Rope, and that does not so much as resemble a Ratlin.1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 113 The Main Shrouds, and the Cross-lines, called Ratlins, serving as Steps to go into the Main-top.1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. ii. 16 I..poured in a whole broadside, before you could count three rattlins in the mizzen shrouds.1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 224 The seeming firm-set ladder to towering Fame, will become the rolling ratlins of lasting Infamy.1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 172 Make the chair fast with the rattlin—haul taught and belay.c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 35 Every sixth ratlin will be a catch ratlin, that is, the end of the ratlin is seized to the after shroud.1920 Lima (Ohio) News 11 Jan. 26/1 Her ratlins are not fit to build a grackle's nest,..her engines and her boilers cannot drive her through a shouting, headstrong sea.1940 K. Roberts Oliver Wiswell i. iii. 23 She turned, ran to the bulwarks, swung herself into the main chains and went up the ratlins like a squirrel.2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 June t5 Greg Clarke goes to Tasmania the old-fashioned way... Most of the crew scatter to the fore deck but four climb the ratlins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ratline
释义	ratlinen.¹ Brit. /ˈratlɪn/, U.S. /ˈrætlən/ Forms: α. Middle English radelyng, Middle English ratheling, Middle English redelynge, Middle English rodelyng, Middle English 1600s– ratling, late Middle English rodedyng (transmission error), 1600s–1800s rattling. β. late Middle English raddelyne, 1600s rutline, 1700s– ratline. γ. 1500s ratlyn, 1700s–1800s rattlin, 1700s– ratlin; also Scottish pre-1700 rettlin. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: raddling n.¹ Etymology: Apparently a variant of raddling n.¹ (although this is first attested later; compare rathel v.); in β. forms apparently with alteration of the second syllable after line n.²; compare marline n. The currency of forms in rat- was perhaps reinforced by folk-etymological association with rat n.¹With the semantic connection of this word with weaving or intertwining compare e.g. the synonymous Dutch weveling (1530; ultimately < weven weave v.¹). The primary function of ratlines was to interlink the shrouds to enhance their stability. An alternative derivation is < Middle French ralingue bolt-rope, cordage used to strengthen the edge of a sail (1155 in Old French (Normandy) as raelinge ; French ralingue ; apparently < an unattested early Scandinavian compound from the bases of Old Icelandic rá sail yard (see rae n.) and lík leech n.³), but this does not account for the dental consonant (which is consistently found in English) and also poses serious semantic problems. Nautical. 1. Thin line or rope used for ratlines (sense 2); a length or quantity of this. More fully ratline stuff, ratline line, †ratline yarn.The earliest examples are recorded in compound. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > specific types of rope ratline1358 marline1417 sinnet1611 caburn1626 knittle1627 housing1642 lashing1669 houseline1712 fox1769 sennit1769 hamber-line1793 seizing1804 grass line1828 stropping1850 lanyard1862 small stuff1867 α. 1358–64 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 83 ij cord' pro ratheling lyne, ponder' xxxvj lb. 1420–1 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 89 (MED) j Tak, j Rodelynglyne, viij Remis. 1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 347 (MED) Paid to Thomas Fuller for xvij li. of redelynge yerne. 1481 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 111 My Lord paid him for iij. hausers, a peir takkes, a ratling line for Chewdes, weing C. a quarter xiij. lb. xv. s. 1669 H. Brayne Inventorie Shipp Carolina 17 Aug. in L. Cheves Shaftesbury Papers (2000) 139 Cordige... One Quoile of Ratling. 1739 B. Franklin Advt. 8 Nov. in Papers (1960) II. 242 To Be Sold..Ratling, Worming, Marline and Spun-yarn. 1958 Mariner's Mirror 44 231 If a keelman..could not get a horse to pull him, he had to put the mate ashore with a man's line [for towing]. This was a piece of light line about as thick as rattling lines, it was of cotton. β. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 185 Raddelyne Marlyne & Sayletwyne. Also..payed for DC weyght Radelyng..liiij s.1600 Court Rec. in H. Stevens Dawn Brit. Trade E. India (1886) I. 19 1 Rudder saile lyne for Rutline.1712 Boston News-let. 14 Apr. 2/2 (advt.) Newly Imported from Great Britain;..very fine new Cordage from a Ratline to a five inch Shroud Halser.1799 A. Mackenzie Let. 20 July in Jrnls. & Lett. (1970) 494 1 do. [i.e., coil] of Ratline Stuff.1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 323 We had no new ratline stuff on board.1954 J. J. Quill Bradford's Gloss. Sea Terms (new ed.) 154/1 Ratline stuff, twelve- or fifteen-thread but usually eighteen-thread right-handed, tarred rope, used for ratlines, heavy lashings and heavy lines.1996 G. Danton Theory & Pract. of Seamanship (ed. 11) xvi. 415 Tarred Cordage is made from soft hemp and used for general deck purposes, nine-thread line being popular as a heaving line... It is often referred to as ratline.γ. 1580 in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) III. 206/1 Fyfty pounde weight..of Ratlyn.1835 E. A. Poe MS. in Bottle in Gift 1836 80 A pile of ratlin-stuff and old sails.1835 J. Constable in Mem. (1845) 268 A supply of rattlin for his hammock. 2. Any of the small lines fastened across the shrouds of a sailing ship like the rungs of a ladder, used for climbing the rigging. Frequently in plural.catch-ratline: see catch n.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > ratlines other rigging ladders ratline1611 Jacob's ladder1840 α. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enflecheures, the ratlings, the cordie steps whereby mariners climbe vp to the top of the mast. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The tackles, the mison stay, the collers,..the mison top shroudes, and their ratlings..the most of all these are also belonging to the fore-mast, misen and bowlespret. a1685 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of Muse in Wks. (1717) II. 371 With ill-furl'd Sails, and Rattlings loose. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 141 Ratlings are ¹/ ₆ of the Shrowds. 1762 G. Cockings War (ed. 2) iv. 20 To these [shrouds] the rattlings are fix'd, to go to mast-head by. 1797 Ld. Nelson Let. 23 June in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. Add. p. cxliv A brace, bowling, halyards, or any rope, even to a rattling. 1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. xvi. 268 Four or five of the older mariners jumped upon the ratlings, to mount with him into an air that apparently teemed with a hundred hurricanes. 1859 All Year Round 20 Aug. 399 I placed my hands on the shrouds..and lightly touched with my feet the lower rattlings. 1986 Twist x. 10/1 A ratling is a piece of string swung from one end of a yard to the mast, on which several people balance 40 feet above the deck while they use both hands to pull in a sail. β. 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. iii. Rat-lines, or Ratlings, are those Lines which make the Ladder-Steps.1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 143 Up ladders and steps, and up ratlines and stairs, We pass'd.1835 W. Colton Ship & Shore 190 You would see him, as he was ordered to take his watch aloft, squaring off towards the ratlines, with the looks and attitudes of one, doubtful of results, but at least resolved to die manfully.1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iii. 371/1 Ratlines, in ship rigging, small lines that traverse the shrouds of a ship horizontally, at regular distances, and form ascending ladders to the mast-head.1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 13 All the ratlines are seized to the after shroud but one, except every fifth ratline, which is seized to the after shroud, and is called a catch ratline.1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold xvii. 238 He tumbled from the ratlines and ran aft to the break of the poop.1964 Gloss. Terms Fibre Ropes & Cordage (B.S.I.) 14 Ratline, a 3 strand hemp tarred rope used in ship rigging.1988 Yachting Monthly Oct. 89/2 When she came alongside at Pyrmont 30 minutes later, every sail was immaculately furled and her rat-lines manned by immaculate cadets in white uniforms.2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) v. 179 He climbed up past the two topsails, which were rock-hard with wind..and up the topgallant ratlines to the yardarm.γ. 1705 Modest Answer Malicious Libel against F. Nicholson 16 They had not the least stump of a ladder, nor any thing like one, but only a single Rope, and that does not so much as resemble a Ratlin.1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 113 The Main Shrouds, and the Cross-lines, called Ratlins, serving as Steps to go into the Main-top.1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. ii. 16 I..poured in a whole broadside, before you could count three rattlins in the mizzen shrouds.1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 224 The seeming firm-set ladder to towering Fame, will become the rolling ratlins of lasting Infamy.1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 172 Make the chair fast with the rattlin—haul taught and belay.c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 35 Every sixth ratlin will be a catch ratlin, that is, the end of the ratlin is seized to the after shroud.1920 Lima (Ohio) News 11 Jan. 26/1 Her ratlins are not fit to build a grackle's nest,..her engines and her boilers cannot drive her through a shouting, headstrong sea.1940 K. Roberts Oliver Wiswell i. iii. 23 She turned, ran to the bulwarks, swung herself into the main chains and went up the ratlins like a squirrel.2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 June t5 Greg Clarke goes to Tasmania the old-fashioned way... Most of the crew scatter to the fore deck but four climb the ratlins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ratlinev. Brit. /ˈratlɪn/, U.S. /ˈrætlən/ Forms: late Middle English radelyne, 1700s– ratline. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ratline n.¹ Etymology: < ratline n.¹ Nautical. transitive. To provide with ratlines. Also with down. Cf. rattle v.² ΘΚΠ 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 ratline1495 rattle1729 1495 [see ratlining n. at Derivatives]. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 113 The main Swifter, a Part of the Shrowds, but not ratlin'd. 1854 Times 15 May 12/1 The Hannibal..has..her topmasts rigging ratlined down, and her lower rigging fore and aft is all ready for being ratlined. 1891 Times 26 June 3/3 A report of Mr. Major, of the 2d of February, 1885,..described a number of things done to the ship. ‘All that has been done to the standing rigging is the topmast rigging on No. 2 mast ratlined down and preparations forward for getting up the shrouds, but stopped.’ 1970 J. Leather Gaff Rig Handbk. viii. 109/2 Shrouds were ratlined and mast hoops held the main and topsail luffs. Derivatives † ratlining n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 277 DC Radelyne..spent apon reparacion & Radelynyng of the Shrowdes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † rat-linen.² < n.¹1358v.1495 see also
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