English
limbline
From limb + line.
Proto-Germanic *limuz ‘branch, limb’
Proto-West Germanic *limu ‘limb, member (of the body)’
Old English lim ‘limb, branch’
Middle English lyme ‘organ, body part’
English limb
Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’
Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’
Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’
Old English līne ‘line’
Middle English line ‘rope’
English line
Today it means
noun A fishing line that dangles from the limb of an overhanging tree.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / limbline