a small cord of two loosely twisted strands, used as for winding around ropes or cables to prevent fraying
also mar′lin or mar′ling
Origin of marline
Dutch marlijn, altered (infl. by lijn, line) from marling from marlen: see marlmarline
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marline
also mar·lin
noun
NauticalA light rope made of two loosely twisted strands.
Origin of marline
Middle English from Middle Dutch marlijn alteration ( influenced by lijn line ) of marling from marren to tieTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural marlines)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present marlines, present participle marlining, simple past and past participle marlined)
- (nautical) To wind marline around.
- to marline a rope
Origin
French merliner.
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