"barling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*barling}} Middle English *barling, {{der|en|enm|bar}} Middle English bar, {{suf|en|boar|ling}} boar + -ling, {{cog|sco|bar}} Scots bar Head templates: {{en-noun}} barling (plural barlings)
  1. (UK dialectal) The smallest pig in a litter; runt. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-barling-en-noun-rDn4AUMC Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: barlings [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|barling}} Middle English barling, {{der|en|non|berlingr|t=bar, pole}} Old Norse berlingr (“bar, pole”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*barō|t=beam, bar, barrier}} Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”), {{suf|en|bar|ling}} bar + -ling, {{cog|sv|bärling|t=pole, bar}} Swedish bärling (“pole, bar”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} barling (plural barlings)
  1. (rare or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, rare Categories (topical): Carpentry Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: berling Related terms: sile
    Sense id: en-barling-en-noun-R4X3BOFL Disambiguation of Pigs: 17 83 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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