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marlines

marlines is the plural of marline.

Meaning of marline

Noun

marline (plural marlines)

  1. 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.
  2. Twine used similarly.

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Questions about marlines

What is marlines the plural of?
Marlines is the plural of marline.

Words near marlines in the dictionary

  1. marlin-spikes
  2. marline
  3. marline spike
  4. marline spikes
  5. marlined
  6. marlines
  7. marlinespike
  8. marlinespikes
  9. marling
  10. marling spike
  11. marling spikes

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