rackie

English

Etymology

A diminutive ( + -ie) formed from Middle English rak, rack, rakke (parrel), from Old English racca (parrel), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkō, from Proto-Germanic *rakkô (rope, cord), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (to tie, bind). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rakke (parrel).

Noun

rackie (plural rackies)

  1. (nautical, in Scotland) A parrel

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