codling

¹

[ kod-ling ]

noun

1. British. any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
2. an unripe, half-grown apple.

codling

²

[ kod-ling ]

noun

1. the young of the cod.

codling

¹

/ ˈkɒdlɪŋ /

noun

1. a codfish, esp a young one

codling

²

/ ˈkɒdlɪn; ˈkɒdlɪŋ /

noun

1. any of several varieties of long tapering apples used for cooking
2. any unripe apple

Word History and Origins

Origin of codling¹

1400–50; late Middle English querdling, equivalent to querd (of obscure origin) + -ling -ling ¹

Origin of codling²

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; cod ¹, -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of codling¹

C15 querdlyng, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

The Codling is not the Apple now so called, but is the general name of a young unripe Apple.

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It not only left the eldest girl out in the cold, but made Mrs. Codling's task more dangerous.

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It did not suit him any more than Mrs. Codling that his mother should scent danger in his visits to the vicarage.

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Mrs. Codling's verdict naturally was, that it served the gipsy right, and and her father too.

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How much further Thomas might have gone I know not, but by this time Mrs. Codling had got her voice and charged in turn.

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