carling
See also: Carling
English
editEtymology 1
editSee carline.
Noun
editcarling (plural carlings)
- Alternative form of carline (“old woman”)
Etymology 2
editCompare 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
editcarling (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
editFrom 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
editNoun
editcarling (plural carlings)
References
edit- Weaver, William Woys (2013 September 10) “Heirloom Pea Varieties”, in Mother Earth News[1]