maerln.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːəːl/,

/mɛːl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑərl/,

/mɛrl/

Forms: 1900s– maerl, 1900s– maërl.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Breton. Etymons: French maërl; Breton maerl.

Etymology: < French maërl (1874; 1860 as merl ) or its etymon Breton maerl, merl < Old French marle marl n.¹

The remains of calcareous red seaweeds (coralline rhodophytes), esp. those occurring in deposits off the coast of Brittany, used as a source of lime by farmers; any of these seaweeds, belonging chiefly to the genus Lithothamnion.

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coralline1543

sea-moss1548

maerl1911

1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 975/1 Sand may be taken..with a large admixture of remains of calcareous organisms, for instance the deposits of maërl made up of nullipores off the coasts of Brittany and near Belle Isle.

1950 V. J. Chapman Seaweeds & their Uses vi. 148 These particular red seaweeds belong principally to the genus Lithothamnion... They are used on the French coast where they are known as ‘maerl’.

1988 E. Wood et al. Sea Life Brit. & Ireland 150 There are places around Ireland where free-living nodules of pink coralline algae called maerl cover the soft seabed.

1998 Scotland's Nat. Heritage No. 12. 22/2 Among the underwater habitats of note were kelp forests, submarine meadows of seagrass and beds of maerl (an unattached stony seaweed which is found in areas of high current).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maerl
释义	maerln. Brit. /ˈmɑːəːl/, /mɛːl/, U.S. /ˈmɑərl/, /mɛrl/ Forms: 1900s– maerl, 1900s– maërl. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Breton. Etymons: French maërl; Breton maerl. Etymology: < French maërl (1874; 1860 as merl ) or its etymon Breton maerl, merl < Old French marle marl n.¹ The remains of calcareous red seaweeds (coralline rhodophytes), esp. those occurring in deposits off the coast of Brittany, used as a source of lime by farmers; any of these seaweeds, belonging chiefly to the genus Lithothamnion. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > coralline coralline1543 sea-moss1548 maerl1911 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 975/1 Sand may be taken..with a large admixture of remains of calcareous organisms, for instance the deposits of maërl made up of nullipores off the coasts of Brittany and near Belle Isle. 1950 V. J. Chapman Seaweeds & their Uses vi. 148 These particular red seaweeds belong principally to the genus Lithothamnion... They are used on the French coast where they are known as ‘maerl’. 1988 E. Wood et al. Sea Life Brit. & Ireland 150 There are places around Ireland where free-living nodules of pink coralline algae called maerl cover the soft seabed. 1998 Scotland's Nat. Heritage No. 12. 22/2 Among the underwater habitats of note were kelp forests, submarine meadows of seagrass and beds of maerl (an unattached stony seaweed which is found in areas of high current). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1911
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