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marled

American  
[mahrld] / mɑrld /

adjective

  1. fertilized with marl.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of marled

First recorded in 1600–10; marl 1 + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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A huggable gray marled knit featured the brand name emblazoned across it and led the way for myriad shaggy, multicolor retro looks that came across as part-Woodstock, part mythical yeti.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Rogen wore a beard, chinos, a cardigan from the Japanese brand Needles and Birkenstocks with marled socks — laid-back Canyon chic.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2021

The sweater was a sort of marled gray, as though the wool had quite recently been removed from an unwashed sheep, and it made the wearer’s torso look like an egg.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

In my slow dredge of the sale, I find gems: those beautiful Antwerp monstrosities or underappreciated American heritage brands or marled Shetland sweaters that haven’t been picked over just yet.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2018

So it was a pleasant surprise to recognize a leaf or two of their distinctive marled foliage thrust out from between the heaped stones of the ruined Phœnician village.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

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