Margined vs Marlined - What's the difference?
margined | marlined |
(marline)
A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.
* 1749 (Sunday 26th May), 's journal
Twine used similarly.
(nautical) To wind marline around.
As verbs the difference between margined and marlined
is that margined is (margin) while marlined is (marline).As an adjective margined
is having a margin.marlined
English
Verb
(head)marline
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Derived terms
* marlinspikeVerb
(marlin)- to marline a rope