carling
noun
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
carling
American
[kahr-ling]
/ ˈkɑr lɪŋ /
noun
Nautical.
Carling
1
British
/ ˈkɑːlɪŋ /
noun
carling
2
British
/ ˈkɑːlɪŋ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of carling
1350–1400; Middle English < French carlingue < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic kerling keelson, literally, old woman; see carline
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
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
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
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
“Sterling Point,” which is set on a fictional Muskoka island with that name, was filmed on Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau and Lake Joseph, near the towns of Bala and Port Carling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
Postecoglou is only two games away from becoming the first Spurs manager to win silverware since the club won the Carling Cup in 2008.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
"I didn't play in the 2006 Carling Cup final, I didn't even come on, and that was a disappointing moment for me," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Harry Carling, who was keeping as close a watch upon Charlie as he could, hoped so, at all events.
From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
