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carling.

A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.

Where this word comes from

Compare French carlingue, which may be from the English.

noun
  1. A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.

Where this word comes from

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.

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