sheer ratline
noun
: every fifth ratline of the rigging of a ship extending to the swifters, after shrouds, and backstays
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Etymology
sheer entry 8
- Indo-Europeanist
- Indo-Gangetic
- Indo-Gangetic Plain
- Indo-Germanic
- Indo-Hittite
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Malay
- Indo-Malayan
- Indo-Pacific
- Indochina
- indochinae
- indochinas
- indocibility
- indocible
- indocile
- indocilities
- indocility
- indocins
- indoctrinate
- indoctrinated
- indoctrinates
- indoctrinating
- indoctrination
- indoctrinations
- indoctrinator