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  carling

  noun

  a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
• Carling
  Carling

  noun

  Will ( iam ). born 1965, English Rugby Union player; won 72 caps (1988–97); captained England to three Grand Slams (1991, 1992, 1995)

carling

American  

[kahr-ling] / ˈkɑr lɪŋ /

noun

Nautical.

1. a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.

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Carling ¹ British  

/ ˈkɑːlɪŋ /

noun

1. Will ( iam ). born 1965, English Rugby Union player; won 72 caps (1988–97); captained England to three Grand Slams (1991, 1992, 1995)

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carling ² British  

/ ˈkɑːlɪŋ /

noun

1. a fore-and-aft beam in a vessel, used for supporting the deck, esp around a hatchway or other opening

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Etymology

Origin of carling

1350–1400; Middle English < French carlingue < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic kerling keelson, literally, old woman; see carline

Example Sentences

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But anybody who can tell a top carling from a garboard strake will want a copy of Spring Tides in his dunnage the next time he does a windward dozen.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the morrow said the King; "Finished now from keel to carling; Never yet was seen in Norway Such a wondrous thing!"

From Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Judges ought to beware to condemne any, but such as they are sure are guiltie, neither should the clattering reporte of a carling serue in so weightie a case.

From Daemonologie. by King of England James I

"Come and see my ship, my darling"     On the morrow said the King; "Finished now from keel to carling; Never yet was seen in Norway     Such a wondrous thing!"

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In an open letter, Peterborough's Labour MPs Andrew Pakes and Sam Carling, and Labour city council leader Shabina Qayyum asked people to "think twice" due to the "tinder-dry conditions".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Carling, MP for the North West Cambridgeshire constituency, which includes Holme Fen, said: "This isn't about spoiling anyone's fun; it's about recognising that conditions right now make fireworks and disposable barbecues genuinely dangerous."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Jones contacted BBC News after reading how North West Cambridgeshire MP Sam Carling had criticised her former religion in Parliament.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Carling captained England 59 times, leading them to three Grand Slams and a Rugby World Cup final during the 1990s.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025

As may have been inferred, Horry Carling and Ollie Pilcher were, if not members of the firm of John Hazen, Inc., at least stockholders.

From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins