Definitions for marled

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Spelling: [mahrld]

IPA: /mɑrld/

Marled is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in marled (adelmr).

Definitions for marled

noun

1. Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
2. Archaic. earth.

adjective

1. fertilized with marl.

verb (used with object)

1. to fertilize with marl.
2. to wind (a rope) with marline, every turn being secured by a hitch.

Origin of marled

First recorded in 1600-10; marl¹ + -ed³

Examples for marled

The bolsters under the eyes of the rigging should always be covered with tarred parcelling, marled on.

There was a marled difference in the tone of the reports brought in from the different armies.

They are then "marled" from end to end, and used in various ways, viz.

In fitting breechings, a thimble is to be spliced into one end, the strands stuck through twice, and marled down.