marline

English

Etymology

French merliner.

Noun

marline (plural marlines)

1. A light rope, used to prevent the ends of larger ropes from fraying.
   • 1749 (Sunday 26th May), John Newton's journal

     A young man, who has been the whole voyage out of irons, first on account of a large ulcer, and since for his seeming good behaviour, gave them a large marline spike down the gratings, but was happily seen by one of the people.

Translations

a light rope

• French: lusin (fr) m

Verb

marline (third-person singular simple present marlines, present participle marlining, simple past and past participle marlined)

1. (nautical) To wind marline around.

   to marline a rope

Anagrams

• manlier
• mineral