marshal
verbEtymology From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.
To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
- Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- The Black Stars' defence, marshalled by Jonas Adjetey and Jerome Opoku, stood firm against the Premier League firepower of Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, and Jude Bellingham.2026 June 23, Kweku Zurek, “Black Stars' defensive masterclass frustrates England in World Cup stalemate”, in Graphic Online:
Broadly To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
- Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster.1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, pages 476-477:
- This train is formed only of "Blue Spot" wagons for London; vans for Mac Fisheries Finsbury Park depot are marshalled at the rear to be detached at Finsbury Park.1963 December, “The fish traffic of Aberdeen”, in Modern Railways, page 389:
To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
- Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe: Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
To gather data for transmission.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.
- Antonyms
- unmarshal, decode, deserialize, unserialize