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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

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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

"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

“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

The RFU council - famously described by then England captain Will Carling in 1995 as "57 old farts" - is in the process of being reformed.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 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

Fortunately, with the exception of Professor Carling, all the Guests preferred good weather.

From Elegy by Charles Beaumont

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