marline

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marline

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From Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), from marlen (“secure, fasten”), frequentative of maren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

noun marlines

A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent 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.
Twine used similarly.

verb marlines · marlining · marlined

To wind marline around. to marline a rope
Similar: marl

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noun a light rope

Français	lusin

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@misc{marline_2026,
  title = {marline},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marline},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}