barling
barling · barlings
The smallest pig in a litterThe smallest pig in a litter; runt.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, dialectal)The smallest pig in a litter; runt.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, rare)A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof.
Origin
From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent tFrom Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).
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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