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The wrapping of a line, typically [[marline]] around an object to protect it. At its most basic level, the service is a sacrificial covering, but it may also be a more easily protected material. It is easier and cheaper, for example, to sufficiently impregnated with [[pine tar|tar]] as to be waterproof than to do the same for a three-inch hawser. Sometimes, too, the service may add its own strength. One of the most commonly served things is a [[splice]], in which case the service helps to hold in the loose ends and prevent their becoming unlaid. | The wrapping of a line, typically [[marline]] around an object to protect it. At its most basic level, the service is a sacrificial covering, but it may also be a more easily protected material. It is easier and cheaper, for example, to sufficiently impregnated with [[pine tar|tar]] as to be waterproof than to do the same for a three-inch hawser. Sometimes, too, the service may add its own strength. One of the most commonly served things is a [[splice]], in which case the service helps to hold in the loose ends and prevent their becoming unlaid. | ||
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Revision as of 16:04, 22 June 2007
The wrapping of a line, typically marline around an object to protect it. At its most basic level, the service is a sacrificial covering, but it may also be a more easily protected material. It is easier and cheaper, for example, to sufficiently impregnated with tar as to be waterproof than to do the same for a three-inch hawser. Sometimes, too, the service may add its own strength. One of the most commonly served things is a splice, in which case the service helps to hold in the loose ends and prevent their becoming unlaid.
