barling

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The smallest pig in a litter; runt. UK,dialectal
  2. A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof. Scotland,UK,dialectal,rare
    — 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.

词形变化

barlings plural barlings plural berling alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).
词源 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”).
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