Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nettles"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nettles \Net"tles\, n. pl. [See {Knittle}.] (Naut.)
(a) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted
for pointing or grafting.
(b) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
(c) Reef points.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.