Marline

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A light rope made of two loosely twisted strands.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A light rope, used to prevent the ends of larger ropes from fraying.
  • v. To wind marline around.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
  • v. To wind marline around.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical, small cord used as seizing-stuff, consisting of two strands, loosely twisted.
  • Same as marl.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
    • Equivalent
    marling spike   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    small stuff   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    marlin    yappy    a-barrel    swivel-mounted    self-consciously    aramid    towrope    sweat-slicked    darning needle    largest-ever   
     
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