English-Thai Dictionary
marline
N ปลา ทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง pla-ta-le-cha-nid-nuang
marline-spike
N เชือก ขนาดเล็ก ที่ ฟั่น กัน เป็นเกลียว chueak-ti-pan-pen-kiao
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MARLINE
n.A small line composed of two strands little twisted, and either tarred or white; used for winding round ropes and cables, to prevent their being fretted by the blocks, etc.
MARLINE
v.t.To wind marline round a rope.
MARLINE-SPIKE
n.A small iron like a large spike, used to open the bolt rope when the sail is to be sewed to it, etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MARLINE
Mar "line, n. Etym: [LG. marlien, marling, or D. marling, marlijn, fr. D. marren to tie, prob. akin to E. moor, v., and lijn line: cf. F. merlin. See Moor, v., Line. ] (Naut. )
Defn: A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut. ), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. [Written also marlin spike ] -- Marline-spike bird. Etym: [The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.] (Zoöl.) (a ) A tropic bird. (b ) A jager, or skua gull.
MARLINE
Mar "line, v. t. Etym: [F. merliner.] (Naut. )
Defn: To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
New American Oxford Dictionary
marline
mar line |ˈmärlən ˈmɑrlən | ▶noun Nautical light two-stranded rope. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Middle Low German marling, with the ending influenced by line 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
marline
marline |ˈmɑːlɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Nautical light rope made of two strands, used for binding larger ropes. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Middle Low German marling, with the ending influenced by line 1 .
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