Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Same as
carl , 3. - noun plural a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See
Carl , 4.
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- noun Plural form of
carling .
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Examples
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Peas or carlings were traditionally consumed on Passion Sunday particularly in northern England and Scotland, so it became known as Carling Sunday or Car-Sunday in Scotland.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jessica 2009
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Peas or carlings were traditionally consumed on Passion Sunday particularly in northern England and Scotland, so it became known as Carling Sunday or Car-Sunday in Scotland.
Carling and Fig Sunday Jennifer Gregory Miller 2009
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Hardware devices that have been carlings with consumers (iPods, Tivo, digital cameras, etc) are becoming increasingly restricted in their use.
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Hardware devices that have been carlings with consumers iPods, Tivo, digital cameras, etc are becoming increasingly restricted in their use.
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In the same way the under side of the upper deck over these cabins was partly attacked by fungus, as were its beams, knees, and carlings.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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This hole should be bored through the plank in the deck, as nearly abreast the middle of the port as the beams will allow, giving the block room to play clear of the beams and carlings.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Captain Israel Pellow, and Captain William Swaffield, of his Majesty's ship Overyssel, who was at dinner with him and the first lieutenant, were drinking their wine; when the first explosion threw them off their seats, and struck them against the carlings of the upper deck, so as to stun them.
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Of these articles the worm, scraper, sponge, and spare breechings [3] are to be becketed up between the beams and carlings on the gun-decks as far as practicable, and those which cannot be so placed will be kept at hand in the storeroom or other convenient place.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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In the same way the under side of the upper deck over these cabins was partly attacked by fungus, as were its beams, knees, and carlings.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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In the same way the under side of the upper deck over these cabins was partly attacked by fungus, as were its beams, knees, and carlings.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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