| 单词 | ratline |
| 例句 | The parrot sighs, digs his talons painfully into my shoulders, beats his wings, and lifts me away from the ratlines of the foremast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As I stand on deck, not knowing what to do, I watch the sails shred then heal, shred then heal above me, the scars on the fabric becoming as thick as the ratline ropes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It’s early evening as I climb the frayed ratlines that drape the ship like shrouds. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The rope lattice of the ratlines narrows as I near the crow’s nest, making the climb feel increasingly treacherous. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Now he perches high in the ratlines and the high beams of the masts. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There, Nazis hiding in Spain planned the “ratlines,” their escapes from Europe into Latin America. For 115 years, one restaurant has fed the elite in Berlin and now Madrid. Nazis included. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z I leaned back and looked up at the rope ladders of ratlines climbing the masts. Drug search in the Panama Canal: How my high school adventure at sea almost ended 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z For women artists, substance use is generally grouped under the larger umbrella of madness, historically a kind of ratline to institutionalization, often against their will, for women ranging from Zelda Fitzgerald to Britney Spears. Where Have All the Artist-Addicts Gone? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z With the exception of his ratline in April, and an attack on a Rutland gym trying to eke out an existence in May, we’d say the Governor has operated admiringly within these margins. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z After Moscow settled for the imposition of martial law by the Polish Army, President Ronald Reagan imposed crippling sanctions and set up clandestine ratlines to help keep the movement alive. Opinion | History will remember how Trump responded to Hong Kong 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z KK: You write that Obama authorized a ratline wherein CIA funneled arms from Libya into Syria and they ended up in jihadi hands. Seymour Hersh spills the secrets of Bin Laden’s execution: “He was a prisoner of war. It was a hit” 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z He led me down a ratline that they had built by knocking holes in walls. The Fight for Mosul 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Gaining the shrouds, Sefton descended cautiously, for already fragments of exploding shells had cut through several of the wire strands, and had played havoc with the ratlines. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z I followed, clinging tenaciously to the shrouds with my hands, while my bare feet were tortured by the contact with the sharp ratlines. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z She hung, quite insensible, for some time by her chin over one of the ratlines of the shrouds, but a surf soon washed her off again. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z But the surprise of those on board the other ships of war and the merchantmen was great when they saw the sailors swarming up the ratlines and running out on the yards. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Meanwhile, Pirate Jill was cheering in the ratlines, and finally leaped down, and the battle began with swords, we, the combatants, shouting as wildly as we thought was desirable. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z There she lay as sound as ever, but with a mound of ice over her, higher indeed than the second ratline of her fore-shrouds, and six feet above the rails. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Save for the other matchstick mast and the spider-web ratlines, the horizon is unbroken. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z He saw her safely down the companion-way, and next minute he was swarming up the ratlines to his station. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Turnbull followed the example, and the men ran up the ratlines and furled some of the upper sails. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Two jagged stumps of masts arose from her, and tattered fragments of rusty ratlines scraped her rusty sides. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z A musket-ball carried away a ratline above his head, just as he reached forward. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The ratlines and standing rigging, the downhauls and halyards formed a ghostly tapestry, like the gossamer web of some forest glade. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The sailor no longer mounts the ratlines, as if he had cork in his heels, but climbs up sluggishly and slothfully, devoid of his usual pride to be foremost. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The first lieutenant himself ran up the ratlines and joined Nat. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z It was above the second ratline in the fore-shrouds, and fully six feet over the rail. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 They flung out their lariats to entangle the Natties stationed on yards and ratlines. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies He reached the standing rigging and found a foothold in the ratlines, turned his chin, and glared aft like a shaggy bear. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z As Johnny looked at her he saw a couple of young tars mount the ratlines, and a moment afterward the flying-jib was run up, and the gaff-topsail given to the wind. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Some busily were bringing nails, And bolts of canvas for the sails, And coils of rope of every size To make the ratlines, shrouds, and guys. The Brownies: Their Book It was a sudden and eery transition as he mounted the rigging, from gray night to sunshine in the space of a few ratlines. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Arthur has been on his father’s yacht so much, for his father owns the Starlight, that he can run up and down the ratlines almost as fast as the sailors can. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad One Russian let go his knife, spun on the ratlines, and dropped like a plummet to the deck below. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Clawing his way up the ratlines he laid his chest upon the main-topsail-yard and worked his way out to the lower end of the long inclined spar. Thurston of Orchard Valley One of these last stood for some time gazing at the brig––one hand resting on the ratlines of the mizzen shrouds, and the other slowly swinging a trumpet backward and forward. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life On raising his eyes, he perceived him erect on the barricading, clinging to the ratlines and trying to reach Louis. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The ratlines are the rope ladders you see in the picture. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad He wound his fingers about the ratlines and breathed deeply. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The lads sprang up the ratlines with the men, for they took their share of duty aloft. A Chapter of Adventures And, so saying, he sprang into the main rigging and danced up the ratlines at a pace that made the shellbacks on deck stare in wonderment. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure The moon that night threw black shadows of shrouds, and ratlines across a deck that was washed by its radiance as white as a bread-board. The White Mice A mate with a rope's end sent him aloft for the first time and kept sending him there till Shavings learned how to clamber up the ratlines with the best of them. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code In walking along her gun-deck, he accidentally ran against a ratline, by which one of her starboard guns was discharged. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 To fix the ratlines in a line parallel to the vessel's set on the water. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He’s broken one of the ratlines and is falling!” Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub He was poising himself there on one of the ratlines, resting upon one foot, and holding on with only one hand. Rollo in Scotland And the appearance of the red men upon the ratlines—strange to the sailors—seems to have made things more intelligible to them. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea “The poor fellows must be precious dry with all that cutting about up and down the ratlines, and I wouldn’t mind a glass of grog myself.” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant The rigging is also swifted down preparatory to replacing the ratlines truly horizontal after setting up. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. If it was there, as soon as he caught sight of it, he would spring up into the rigging and sit on a ratline, as quiet and demure as a judge, without attempting to retaliate. The Three Midshipmen This of course created a vacancy on board the Europa, which was filled by Mr Howard, who became our new first luff, while Mr Galway also stepped up a ratline and became second. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy It was late twilight, almost night, when this occurred; but the brig’s people could make out the figures of the men, as these clung on to the ratlines. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea “Hands make sail!” next came from the commander aft, the midshipmen stationed in the tops jumping into the rigging and scrambling up the ratlines before he could shout “Way aloft!” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant New ratlines are being fastened up across the shrouds. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The fire had burned forward to the stump of the main-mast, and, fed by the large quantities of black pitchy ropes—the shrouds, stays, and ratlines—was sending up strong bursts of smoky flame. Ran Away to Sea “It’s more than vexatious to me who have no friends to help me, and who, unless I get the opportunity of fighting my way up the ratlines, have but little hope of promotion,” answered Headland. Won from the Waves He touched his sou'wester to the girl and mounted the weather mizzen-rigging, running up the ratlines as a fireman goes up a ladder. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea He’ll, be able to go aloft more nimbly than any of those lamp-post sort of chaps with long legs, who always trip themselves up in the ratlines. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Two sailors came up mysteriously, one on each side of the ratlines. A Boy's Voyage Round the World In endeavouring to get on one of the ratlines of the lower-rigging his foot unfortunately slipped, and he fell headlong overboard into the waters of the Grand Harbour. Adventures in Many Lands Thus by the loss of my honest friend, whom I greatly lamented, I got my first step on the ratlines. Won from the Waves Scarcely had the accident happened than he was flying up the ratlines amid the clouds of spray which drove across them. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay “Ay, ay, sir,” replied my tormentor, springing nimbly into the rigging and shinning up the ratlines almost as soon as the words were out of the commander’s mouth, “I’ll see, sir.” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant As he spoke the captain took his glass from under his arm, laid it on one of the ratlines of the mizzen shrouds to steady it, and took a long and patient look through. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy It is the first step in the ratlines, and I have no doubt, if you go on as you have begun, that you will in time reach the top.” John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea At times, of course, there was a common understanding that a certain number of ratlines should be put on. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century A sailor came slipping down the ratline one night, as though something had happened, and the sailors cried, "What's the matter?" The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony Most of the men had gained the deck in safety, but many of those coming down by the ratlines were still some distance from the deck. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt With a last long scrutiny at the unbroken circle of the sea, David Grief swung out of the cross-trees and slowly and dejectedly descended the ratlines to the deck. A Son Of The Sun The top-gallant shrouds had no ratlines on them, so I was obliged to shin up; and, as I worked myself up the two small ropes, the tenacity with which I grasped them was fearful. Hudson Bay He grasps the shrouds, and stands on the ratlines. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships “Ay, ay, sir,” was answered in that prompt tone of voice which indicates thorough discipline and unquestioning obedience, while the men scrambled up the fore-hatch, and sprang up the ratlines hand over hand. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West The first-lieutenant now went aloft, and soon brought it down to the lower ratlines. The King's Own Our hero had now got the first step up the ratlines as an officer. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “I am very glad it doesn’t; for now, if a hardworking fellow gets his foot on the ratlines he has a chance of climbing upwards,” answered Jack. The Three Lieutenants And now, my boy, that your foot is on the first ratline, mount upwards by your own exertions. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War “Next!” cried the man, and the piece was handed, placed in position on the opposite ratlines, and secured in turn. Steve Young “She’s a large ship, sir—main and mizen masts both gone,” reported Hardy, who had mounted up three or four ratlines of the main-rigging. The King's Own Rodd gave him a quick jerk of the head as he went on climbing the ratlines as quickly as he could, forgetting all about the heat and the silvery glare of the piercing sunshine. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise “Course I am, mate, so would you be if you’d slipped your foot between the ratlines of an ugly old ladder, and broke your ankle.” Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track First he lashed the short pieces across the ends of the two bamboos, so as to keep them a foot apart; then he put ratlines across, and soon had the ladder completed. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War The pain was keen for a few moments, but partly ceased as the man thrust his other hand, by which he had held on between the ratlines, and took a good hold of his waistband. Steve Young He then scuttled down the ratlines like winking. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea “Come up here, Joe,” replied Rodd, in a low tone, and the man sprang to the ratlines and began rapidly to ascend till he was nearly on a level with the occupant of the cross-trees. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise ‘Ugly,’ however, was so sluggish in his movements through the corvette rolling a bit and the ratlines being none too steady, that Lieutenant Robinson grew impatient. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy Then, slightly raising my voice, I called— “Collins, bring your party into this room; and do not forget to bring along that length of ratline that I told you to have ready.” A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story “Just right,” he said, and resting each end of the stout lath-like piece on the ratlines, he proceeded to bind the starboard end fast to the outer shroud. Steve Young If you go on as you have begun, Ralph, I predict that you will mount the ratlines rapidly. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War While descending the ratlines, therefore, I hastily prepared a little speech which I hoped would not prove disappointing to them. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship His second was to spring up the ratlines, seat himself alongside the seaman in the crosstrees, and take a good look at what he could see of the stranger from that elevation. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru “Ay ay, sir,” I responded; “but—” with a somewhat blank look at the tall, straight, smooth stem to which he pointed, “where are the ratlines?” The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron “To step on to from the ratlines, and go up into the crow’s-nest.” Steve Young We accordingly shinned up the ratlines together, and were soon comfortably settled on the fore-topsail-yard. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Fairclough took his telescope from the rack in the companion and, slinging it over his shoulder, mounted the ratlines to the top. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War Watching his chance, the grizzled bushrover waited till six of the English crew were up the ratlines. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Leigh ran up a few of the ratlines and waved his cap and, two or three minutes later, the whole crew, clustered along the side, raised a loud cheer as the boat came near. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee They made a desperate spring to get over their comrades crowding into the ratlines, missed their foothold, fell on the quarter-deck beside their furious captain, and were instantly killed. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Already the dhows were hoisting their sails, and one of the cables of the ship suddenly disappeared in the water, while a number of men sprang upon the ratlines. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Well, sir," one said, admiringly, "we thought you was a Johnny Newcome, by the way you went up the ratlines, but you came up that rope like a monkey. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib In his bewilderment Ralph attempted to mount the mainmast ratlines in a lumbering way. Ralph Granger's Fortunes As Sir Felix's gig was descried putting off from the shore, the boys swarmed up the ratlines and out on the yards, where they dressed ship very prettily. News from the Duchy At beat of drum for conference we all came scrambling down the ratlines like tumbling acrobats of a country fair, Godefroy grasps his silver stick. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade This done, and the dead-eyes and ratlines squared, the shroud and backstay mats are put on, and the masts and studding-sail booms carefully scraped. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels On the first occasion that he did so, two of the topmen followed him, with the intention of carrying out the usual custom of lashing him to the ratlines, until he paid his footing. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib Bludson again seized Ralph by the collar, propelled him the length of the deck and gave him a long boost up the forward ratlines. Ralph Granger's Fortunes The shrouds and ratlines which went with it had barred the black heavens with ruddy lines. Dan Merrithew The foremost shroud of the lower rigging has only a "catch ratline;" that is, one ratline in about six continued to the shroud that lies furthest forward. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 A piece of small ratline was fixed to the slings, with the handlead made fast to it so that it would sink. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The steamer, as has been said, was schooner-rigged, with topsail yards on the foremast, but there were no ratlines in the main topmast shrouds, which were set about ten feet below the mast-head. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Lifting him to his feet, they bound him to the topmast ratlines so that his feet rested on the little platform. Ralph Granger's Fortunes You will soon have furled your last sail, and run up the last ratline, and weathered the last gale, and made the last voyage. Around The Tea-Table And this is one of the signs by which you can tell a man-of-war from a merchantman, for in war-ships the catch ratline is on the aftermost shroud instead of on the foremost. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 He made a spring for the ladder, and went up it much as twenty years ago he would have swarmed up the ratlines. Hocken and Hunken Caulking and painting, tarring down and squaring ratlines, &c. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter It was quick work getting up those ratlines, but even as I went I heard a deepening murmur from the southward. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" They could ascend without ratlines to the very tops of the slanting masts, and take in or unloose the sails. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy They got her up a few ratlines; then came another surge, during which they gripped hard; then there was a second ascent, and so on. Overland The pitch bubbled like caviare in the seams of the white deck, and the shrouds and ratlines ran with tears of tar. The Delectable Duchy Some of the sailors, mounted on the ratlines of the fore-shrouds, uttered longing cries. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen When the Pirate neared us, we could make out a man coming down the ratlines from the foretop, showing that she had evidently sighted us even before we had her. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" The two clambered up the ratlines to the crow's nest. Moran of the Lady Letty Clinging to the ratlines he endeavoured to climb up upon the top of the bulwarks as if in the hope of obtaining a last glance at the departing object. The Captain of the Polestar The poor creatures were crowding the ratlines, clinging to the masts, struggling under the water. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The ratlines were not seized to the forward and after shrouds, by means of eyes, as is done in our vessels, but were made fast by a round turn, and stopping back the ends. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Part of a tarpaulin had gone, but it was a chance to get another piece large enough on the ratlines to hold her head up. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" The two went down the ratlines, and Kitchell ordered a couple of the hands into the dory that had been rowing astern. Moran of the Lady Letty Shocked into spasmodic action, the American jumped from barrel to ratlines. The Cruise of the Dry Dock The crew, perched in the ratlines, examined the horizon which contracted and darkened by degrees. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea This soon gave them sore toes, and they would beg hard to have the ratlines replaced. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast The fugitive ran for the ratlines leading to the lookout on the central mast. The Second Deluge The sailor, who was used to shrouds and ratlines, was their teacher. The Mysterious Island He swung out of the barrel and started down the ratlines. The Cruise of the Dry Dock When within a hundred yards of the brig the troops opened a heavy musketry fire, many of the men making their way up the ratlines and so commanding the brig's deck. With Moore at Corunna His wooden leg was so constructed, with iron machinery, at the extremity, that he could stand on a ratline or a hawse without difficulty. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale He told me of one voyage on which the Malay cook went mad, and, escaping into the ratlines, shot down a dozen of the crew before he himself was sniped. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel A few ratlines more, and both he and the Second Mate stopped almost simultaneously, holding their lanterns as high as possible, and peered up into the darkness. The Ghost Pirates His hands and feet hardly caught the ratlines. An Antarctic Mystery We watched while they streamed down the ratlines and gathered forward of the galley, squatting in groups on the deck. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" I dropped at once to the ratlines, and commenced my descent. The Mystery And the moment his bare soles touched the floor, he felt himself once more agile on the ratlines, larky for a shore-row, handy in any squall. The Lord of the Sea "It's adrift right enough," said the Skipper, and he and the Second went a few ratlines higher, keeping level with one another. The Ghost Pirates The first who sprang to the ratlines was Hunt. An Antarctic Mystery Not so much as a speck rewarded my efforts, and I descended the ratlines, shouting to the boatswain to call the port watch. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" His hands were gnarled and cracked from an age-long immersion in brine, his voice was hoarse with the echo of drumming ratlines. The Silver Horde Lying on his mattress, Bill stared at the network of the ratlines against the brilliant sky. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Then, holding it above his head, he went a few ratlines higher. The Ghost Pirates "Of what?" inquired Martin, looking through the ratlines. The Vultures I was aware that men were already mounting the ratlines, and laying out on the upper yards to make sail, while the capstan bars began rattling. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" "Joe, look out for yourself!" shouted the doctor in his sonorous, ringing voice, as he flung out the ladder, the lowest ratlines of which tossed up the dust of the road. Five Weeks in a Balloon Above, along the yardarm and up the ratlines swarmed his bowmen. The Sea-Hawk He was standing a few ratlines up the t'gallant rigging, and he bent his body outwards to get a better look. The Ghost Pirates He helped them all up, and stood on the ratlines himself: and, if you will believe me, the poor goat wailed like a child below. Hard Cash The mate had clambered halfway up the main ratlines, and was looking earnestly to windward. The Crusade of the Excelsior The captain went up a few ratlines in the mizzen rigging, and looked to windward, laughing all the time: but, all of a sudden, there was a great change in his manner. A Simpleton Sakr-el-Bahr drank slowly, his eyes never leaving the vessel, whose every ratline was clearly defined by now in the pellucid air. The Sea-Hawk A moment he paused, steadied by a hand that clutched the ratlines, looking down in terror at the green water rushing past some five-and-twenty feet below. Captain Blood He managed to get underneath the crosstrees, and there he froze to the ratlines. A Collection of Stories In them he saw the Jolly Roger fly to the masthead and an able seaman with a dirk between his teeth scurry up the ratlines and nail it there. Options "There he is," cried one in the ratlines. A Simpleton "Aye, aye, sir," I answered cheerily, springing at once into the fore-rigging and up the ratlines like a monkey, but not too fast to hear him chuckle, "Dat's a smart kiddy, I bet." The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales The staffs themselves were like ships’ masts, with topmasts spliced on in true nautical fashion, with shrouds, ratlines, gaffs, and flag-halyards. Adventure Up he went, clear up, beyond the ratlines, to the very masthead. The Sea Wolf Steering I picked up easily, but running aloft to the crosstrees and swinging my whole weight by my arms when I left the ratlines and climbed still higher, was more difficult. The Sea Wolf |
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