Associations to the word «Carling»

Wiktionary

CARLING, noun. (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.
CARLING, noun. Alternative form of carlin (old woman)
CARLING, noun. Alternative form of care, used in Carling Sunday or Care Sunday.
CARLING SUNDAY, noun. (British) Care Sunday, Passion Sunday

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope