The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RATLINE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RATLINE
- Row after sailor climbs part of rigging
- Rung in later, shattered
- Lower part of rigging cut from triangle, part of a ladder
- Nautical equipment sailor brought up on course
- English love sailor climbing some rigging
- On which you could get jolly high
- Sailor climbing up on ship missing the last rope of rigging
- Sailor climbs rope — this one?
- Rope given to sailor to come up on rank
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What does RATLINE mean?
RATLINE noun- The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.
- 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.