carling
noun
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
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carling
American
[kahr-ling]
/ ˈkɑr lɪŋ /
noun
Nautical.
Carling
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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
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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
"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
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
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
Guscott was the laidback boy wonder of that brilliant England team, captained by Will Carling.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Former captain Will Carling has questioned the quality and experience of England's current coaching set-up, suggesting it is preventing the team reaching their full potential.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
"I wouldn't necessarily agree with him," Carling said.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
John Carling was appointed commissioner of Public Works and also commissioner of Agriculture.
From History of Farming in Ontario by C. C. (Charles Canniff) James
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