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; carline

Example Sentences

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 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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 James I, King of England

"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 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth