Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marshaledor Marshalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Marshaling or Marshalling.]
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To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came.
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To direct, guide, or lead.
Thou marshalest me the way that I was going.
--Shak. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context software English) The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another. 2 (context heraldry English) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. n. 1 (context software English) The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another. 2 (context heraldry English) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. vb. (context British English) (present participle of marshal English)
WordNet
n. a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law [syn: marshall]
(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank [syn: marshall]
[also: marshalling, marshalled]
v. place in proper rank; "marshal the troops"
arrange in logical order; "marshal facts or arguments"
make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" [syn: mobilize, mobilise, summon]
lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
[also: marshalling, marshalled]
See marshal
Wikipedia
Marshalling may refer to :
- Marshalling (heraldry)
- Marshalling (computer science)
- Aircraft marshalling
- Motorsport marshaling
- The activity conducted in a railway marshalling yard
- Doctrine of Marshalling - an equitable concept in the law
In computer science, marshalling or marshaling is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, and it is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program or from one program to another. Marshalling is similar to serialization and is used to communicate to remote objects with an object, in this case a serialized object. It simplifies complex communication, using custom/complex objects to communicate instead of primitives. The opposite, or reverse, of marshalling is called unmarshalling (or demarshalling, similar to deserialization).
Usage examples of "marshalling".
The principle, applicable to both federal and State courts, that the Court first assuming jurisdiction over property may maintain and exercise that jurisdiction to the exclusion of the other, was held not to be confined to cases where the property has actually been seized under judicial process, but applies as well to suits brought for marshalling assets, administering trusts, or liquidating estates and to suits of a similar nature, where to give effect to its jurisdiction the Court must control the property.
Gandhi himself and many of his followers would claim that the techniques of Satyagraha are only a marshalling of the forces of sympathy, public opinion, and the like, and that they are persuasive rather than coercive.
We constantly notice in his verse that dainty effect which the ear loves, and which comes from deft marshalling of consonants and vowels, so that they shall add their suppler and subtler reinforcement to the steady infantry tramp of rhythm.
He had a habit of filing away odd bits of information in his encyclopaedic brain and, when he had time, marshalling them together like the pieces of a crossword puzzle.
Tal changed into a tunic and leggins he wore for exercising in the marshalling yard.
George drew his legs under him, got to his feet and took a few circular strides, obviously marshalling his thoughts.
Greg remembered the hundreds of APVs and Challenger IV tanks parked in the Chunnel marshalling yards after he got back from Turkey.
Mara was not the only ruling noble to enter with more than the traditionally permitted honour guard — the aisles between seats and concourses were packed with armoured warriors, and the hall looked more like a marshalling yard than a chamber for deliberation.
When he finally arrived at the church, properly cravatted, he observed three generations of Dingleberry morticians in charge: old Adam propped up in the narthex, his sons handling details with inconspicuous efficiency, and his grandsons marshalling the procession.
Felix fixed his eye on one of the gipsies who was ordering and marshalling the rest, a chief.
He did it by increments, letting Zirga find him outside in the old marshalling yard, inspecting the chickens or pigs, then a month later, when Zirga came upon Tal down in the tiny meadow on the lee side of the island, seeing how the cattle and sheep were doing, Zirga didn't object.
He could see what looked to be the old marshalling yard, now under a sheet of white snow, broken up with patches of grey and brown.
They crawled through a small door - disguised as stonework - in the base of the wall beyond the Princes marshalling yard, on the street closest to the palace.
He pocketed the coins and turned his back on the men, then focused on breasting his way through the snow, across the marshalling yard, to the barracks.
He took the reins, and as he turned his mount to the gate of the palace, he glanced around at the very busy marshalling yard and wondered where Erik was.