Definitions for "Marline"
Keywords:  twine, lashing, tar, strands, nautical
1. A tarred, small line used for lashings and whippings
a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
Two-stranded twine of tarred hemp
A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
A small line of two strands, but little twisted, used for winding round ropes or cables to prevent their being fretted.