To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
Use in sentences of MARL
Meaning of MARL in English
To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.