Marled

From a contracted form of marble + -ed.

Full definition of marled

Adjective

1. (chiefly Scotland) Mottled, streaked, multicoloured.
• 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 49:The Standing Stones reared up above the two, marled and streaked with snow they were, and a wind came blowing fit to freeze the chilblains on a brass monkey as they stood and glowered one at the other.

From marl + -ed.

Verb

1. marled

   (past of marl)

Anagrams

• dermal
• medlar
• merlad