carling
See also: Carling
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
See carline.
Noun edit
carling (plural carlings)
- Alternative form of carline (“old woman”)
Etymology 2 edit
Compare French carlingue, which may be from the English. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
carling (plural carlings)
- (nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
Etymology 3 edit
From care + -ling (synchronically), being connected to the custom of serving these peas to the poor on Care Sunday, called also Carling Sunday after the peas.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
carling (plural carlings)
References edit
- Weaver, William Woys (2013 September 10) “Heirloom Pea Varieties”, in Mother Earth News[1]