marline

Meanings

Noun

  • A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.
  • Twine used similarly.

Verb

  • To wind marline around.

Origin

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

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