▪ I. ‖ marina1
(məˈriːnə)
Also erron. marino.
[It. and Sp.: fem. of marino marine a.]
1. A promenade or esplanade by the sea.
| 1805 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 106 The whole town was immediately in an uproar; the Marino was crowded with spectators. 1869 Longfellow in Life (1891) III. 130 Then we landed at the Marina [at Capri] amid a noisy crowd of men, women, and donkeys. 1901 Scribner's Mag. XXIX. 441/1 We were gently wafted over the bar in a lighter and deposited,..on the marina of Rabat. |
2. A dock or basin with moorings for yachts and other small craft. Also attrib. orig. U.S.
| 1935 Yachting Monthly LIX. 223/2 Fees for keeping a yacht in a municipal ‘marina’ (trick name for basin) are modest. Yachts are tied up in slips in these marinas. 1959 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 5/2 Everywhere in the United States the outboard motor, the cabin cruiser, the ‘marina’ (a little dock for pleasure craft) are to be seen. 1960 Sunday Times 3 Apr. 37/5 But what about entering and leaving this well-dammed basin, or marina—the American word? 1961 Times 28 Apr. 6/3 (heading) Hayling Island marina plan to be pressed. 1963 R. I. McDavid Mencken's Amer. Lang. 264 Spanish may share with Italian the credit for the current vogue of marina, as a de luxe designation for a yacht basin. 1969 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 19/3 It will include two hotels, flats, ‘boatels’, yacht clubs, restaurants, two public houses and a ‘marina drome’. 1971 N.Z. Listener 25 Oct. 7/1 In 1928 boat-owners added another word to their vocabulary, ‘marina’. Coined in the United States to describe a new kind of luxury boating facility..it has altered the style and living of an increasing number of New Zealanders. |
▪ II. marina2
(məˈriːnə)
Dyeing. (See quot.)
| 1874 Crookes Handbk. Dyeing 232 The madder..is next dried in the sun, and after this treatment is known as Marina. |