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ratlin(e, ratling Naut. (ˈrætlɪn, -lɪŋ) Forms: α. 5 radelyng, 5, 7– ratling, 7, 9 rattling. β. 8– ratlin, 9 rattlin. γ. 5 rad(d)elyne, 8– ratline. [Of obscure origin: perh. the same word as OF. rael-, raalingue (? from *rade-, *ratelingue), now ralingue small cordage employed to strengthen the edge ...
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Charles Dibdin
His opera Liberty Hall, containing the successful songs "Jock Ratlin", "The Highmettled Racer" and "The Bells of Aberdovey", was produced at the Drury
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ratline
ratline(also ratlin), / ˈrætlɪn; `rætlɪn/ n (usu pl 通常作复数) short rope fixed between the shrouds of a sailing-ship, like a rung of a ladder, and used for climbing up or down 绳梯横索(轮船支索间作梯级用的横索).
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Boarding net
of George Pegler, while employed aboard the merchantman Blendinghall in the early 19th century he observed that the ship's boarding net was made of "ratlin
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redelyng
† redelyng app. a var. of radelyng ratlin.1466 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 347 Paid to Thomas Fuller, for xvij. li. of redelynge yerne, xij.d... Paid for the lynenge of the toppe armynge and for the toppe maste xxd.
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The Bells of Aberdovey
It was first performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in London on 8 February 1785, and also contained other popular songs entitled Jock Ratlin, and
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Jimmy
Jimmy2 (ˈdʒɪmɪ) [A male personal name, pet-form and familiar equivalent of the name James.] In various transferred senses: 1. In full, Jimmy Grant. Rhyming slang for immigrant or emigrant. Austral., N.Z., and S. Afr.1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure N.Z. I. xi. 337 The profound contempt which the whale...
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