Marline /(?)/

Mar·line

Marline

n.
  1. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. (Naut.)

Phrases & Compounds
Marline spike
an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid.
Marline-spike bird
A tropic bird.

Marline

v. t.
  1. To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope. (Naut.)