barling

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar +‎ -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”). ==== Noun ==== barling (plural barlings) (UK dialectal) The smallest pig in a litter; runt. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English barling, berling, from Old Norse berlingr (“bar, pole”) (found in berlings-áss (“bar, beam, plank, rail”)), a diminutive derived from Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”); equivalent to bar +‎ -ling. Cognate with Swedish bärling (“pole, bar”). ==== Alternative forms ==== berling ==== Noun ==== barling (plural barlings) (rare or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof. 1970, Admiralty Manual of Hydrographic Surveying - Volume 2: A tripod can be formed of three hop poles or barlings. The former can be laid in depths up to 2^ metres and the latter in depths up to about 5 metres at low water if the tidal range does not exceed about 3 metres. ===== See also ===== sile === Anagrams === bringal, glabrin, blaring