marline
/ˈmɑːlɪn
/noun [mass noun] Nautical
Light rope made of two strands, used for binding larger ropes.Once considered a part of everyday life by traditional sailors, authentic tarred hemp marline is now a rare product....
- Tarred marline is jute twine treated with a tarred solution for water resistance.
- One of our suppliers located the Manila rope and the tarred marline that was needed for the job.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Middle Low German marling, with the ending influenced by line1.
Rhymes
- reversed clover
- reversed fault
- reverse dictionary
- reverse discrimination
- reversedly
- reversed-out
- reversed phase
- reversed polarity
- reversed talon
- reversed tracery
- reverse-engineer
- reverse engineering
- reverse fault
- reverse fire
- reverse flank
- reverse gear
- reverse genetics
- reverseless
- reverse lever
- reversely
- reversement
- reverse micelle
- reverse mortgage
- reverse mutation
- reverse osmosis