spurling : Idioms & Phrases

Spur"ling-line` noun

Etymology

Cf. Prov. E. spurling the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS. spor a track, trace, E. spoor. Scot. spurl to sprawl.

Definitions

1. (Naut.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

Webster 1913