"marline" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: marlines [plural]
Etymology: 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-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|merlin}} Middle English merlin, {{der|en|gml|marling}} Middle Low German marling, {{der|en|dum|marlijn||cord}} Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*mairōną||to moor, fasten to}} Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mer-||}} Proto-Indo-European *mer- Head templates: {{en-noun}} marline (plural marlines)
  1. A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying. Translations (a light rope): lusin [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-marline-en-noun-oq2pJgEK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 45 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 44 7 Disambiguation of 'a light rope': 63 37
  2. Twine used similarly.
    Sense id: en-marline-en-noun-07hpFd0q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 45 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 44 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 54 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 57 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 54 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: marlinspike

Verb

Forms: marlines [present, singular, third-person], marlining [participle, present], marlined [participle, past], marlined [past]
Etymology: 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-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|merlin}} Middle English merlin, {{der|en|gml|marling}} Middle Low German marling, {{der|en|dum|marlijn||cord}} Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*mairōną||to moor, fasten to}} Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mer-||}} Proto-Indo-European *mer- Head templates: {{en-verb}} marline (third-person singular simple present marlines, present participle marlining, simple past and past participle marlined)
  1. (nautical) To wind marline around. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: marl
    Sense id: en-marline-en-verb-yggyyAaM Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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