💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Running rigging"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ratlinenoun | (historical, often in the plural) A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II. |
| yard ropenoun | Alternative form of yard-rope. [(nautical) A rope that goes through a block or sheave at the top of a mast that is used for hoisting or lowering a yard; gantline.] |
| racknoun | A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other. |
| rattlingnoun | rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another) |
| jury rigverb | Alternative spelling of jury-rig. [(nautical, transitive) To build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available.] |
| rattlinnoun | (nautical) Alternative form of ratline. [(nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.] |
| rattlinenoun | (nautical) Alternative form of ratline. [(nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.] |
| ratlingnoun | a baby rat |
| gift ropenoun | (nautical, archaic) A tow rope. |
| runnernoun | Agent noun of run; one who runs. |
| guest ropenoun | (nautical) The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. |
| raftagenoun | (nautical) Rafts considered as a group; the use of rafts |
| square rignoun | (nautical) A sailing rig consisting of sails set mainly perpendicular to the line of the keel. |
| ratlinnoun | (nautical) Alternative form of ratline. [(nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.] |
| reef-tacklenoun | (nautical) The ropes that are tightened to reef a sail or loosened to fully extend it. |
| manropenoun | (nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship. |
| reef linenoun | (nautical) A small rope used to reef square sails by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. |
| ratline stuffnoun | (nautical) Tarred rope from which ratlines are made. |
| roapnoun | Obsolete form of rope. [(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.] |
| rodeverb | (ornithology) Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight. |
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