marling

Verb (1)

marl (third-person singular simple present marls, present participle marling, simple past and past participle marled)

1. (transitive) To cover (the ground) with marl (noun sense).
   • [I]n this ſhort time vve haue ſeene many arable grounds, vvhich for ſundry yeeres after the marling of them, haue plentifully borne VVheat and other Graine, to be novv become vnfruitfull, and ſo vvill they continue, albeit they ſhould novv [be] marled againe. And this commeth to paſſe by the...1625, attributed to Gervase Markham, “A Discourse of the Weald of Kent; and a Comparison of the Arable Lands therein, with the Other Parts of the Shire: Together with Some Necessary Counsels for the...

Verb (2)

marl (third-person singular simple present marls, present participle marling, simple past and past participle marled)

1. To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

   Synonyms:

   marline

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