Carlings - 2 dictionary results
| car·ling
(kär'lĭng, -lĭn) Pronunciation Key
n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse kerling, old woman (Old French, from Old Norse).] |
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Carlings
Car"lings\, n. pl. Same as Carl, 3. Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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