carling

== 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== carlin, carl, carle ==== Noun ==== carling (plural carlings) A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried. Synonym: carling pea === References === Weaver, William Woys (10 September 2013), “Heirloom Pea Varieties”, in Mother Earth News‎[1]