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barling en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) The smallest pig in a litter; runt.

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barling en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, rare) A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof.
   • 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. 1970, Admiralty Manual of Hydrographic Surveying - Volume 2
   • [...] one pair of fetters, one pair of couplings, 2 barlings [poles], 2s 6d; one saddle, one bridle, one panel, 12s; one corn hutch and 1 chaff bin, 6s 8d; one plough, one pair of harness and one coulter, 2 plough sha-[rest torn] with chains, 14s. 1981, Ann Hughes, W. R. Owens, Seventeenth-century England, a Changing Culture:
   • On shallow waters they moved upstream using small barlings; [...] 2005, V. D. Golubchikova, Z. Í. Khvtísíashvílí, E. R. Akbalʹi︠a︡n, Severnai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡:

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