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marlining

marlining is the present participle and gerund of marline.

Meaning of marline

Verb

marline (third-person singular simple present marlines, present participle marlining, simple past and past participle marlined)

  1. To wind marline around.
    • to marline a rope
    Synonyms:
    marl

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Questions about marlining

What is marlining the present participle and gerund of?
Marlining is the present participle and gerund of marline.

Words near marlining in the dictionary

  1. Marlingford
  2. Marlingford and Colton
  3. marlings
  4. marlingspike
  5. marlingspikes
  6. marlining
  7. marlins
  8. marlinspike
  9. marlinspikes
  10. Marlinton
  11. Marlise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marlining (page history and authors); marline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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