different between carline vs marline

English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”).

Alternative forms

• carlin
• carling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??l?n/

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch.
2. (nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
3. Alternative form of caroline (an old silver Italian coin).

Synonyms

• (hag, witch): woman, hag, witch

  See Thesaurus:old woman

Etymology 2

car +? line

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.

Etymology 3

From French carline, from Medieval Latin carlina, probably from cardina, a diminutive of Latin carduus (“thistle”), with influence from Carolus Magnus due to an association with Charlemagne.

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. Carline thistle.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Licaner, clearin', en clair, lancier

Italian

Noun

carline f

1. plural of carlina

Anagrams

• crinale, lincerà, reclina

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?rl?n/, [?karl?n], [?kjarl?n], [?k?rl?n]

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. woman, old woman, crone, hag

English

Etymology

From Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), from marlen (“secure, fasten”), frequentative of maren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mair?n? (“to moor, fasten to”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Noun

marline (plural marlines)

1. A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.
   • 1749 (Sunday 26th May), John Newton's journal

     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.

2. Twine used similarly.

Derived terms

• marlinspike

Translations

Verb

marline (third-person singular simple present marlines, present participle marlining, simple past and past participle marlined)

1. (nautical) To wind marline around.

   Synonym: marl

   to marline a rope

Anagrams

• Lierman, Mineral, manlier, mineral, railmen, ramline