A nautical term for a rope or line on a ship, possibly related to the garboard or lower strakes of a hull.
A maritime term of unclear origin, possibly combining 'garb' or 'garboard' with 'line.' Used in naval contexts from at least the 16th century, though its exact etymology remains obscure.
Maritime vocabulary is full of words from different languages blended together—sailors borrowed from Dutch, Spanish, and Arabic, and 'garbline' is one of these mysterious terms that may have been lost even before modern English fully recorded it!
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