Usually means: Escape routes for Nazi fugitives.
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  1. ratline: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ratline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ratline: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. ratline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ratline: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ratline: Infoplease Dictionary
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  11. Ratline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  13. ratline: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  15. ratline: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ratline)

noun:  (nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.
noun:  (nautical) Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net-like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast.
noun:  (historical, in the plural) A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II.

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