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English
Etymology 1
See carline.
Noun
carling (plural carlings)
- Alternative form of carline (“old woman”)
Etymology 2
Compare French carlingue, which may be from the English. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
carling (plural carlings)
- (nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
Etymology 3
From care + -ling (synchronically), being connected to the custom of serving these peas to the poor on Care Sunday, called also Carling Sunday after the peas.
Noun
carling (plural carlings)
- A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
- Synonym: carling pea
References
- Weaver, William Woys (2013 September 10) “Heirloom Pea Varieties”, in Mother Earth News