carline

From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”).

• carlin
• carling

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːlɪn/

carline (plural carlines)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

     While honest men slept in their beds, the auld rudas carlines took their pleasure.

2. (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.

• (hag, witch): woman, hag, witch

  See Thesaurus:old woman

car +‎ line

carline (plural carlines)

1. A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.

From French carline, from Medieval Latin carlina, probably from cardina, a diminutive of Latin carduus (“thistle”), with influence from Carolus Magnus due to an association with Charlemagne.

carline (plural carlines)

1. Carline thistle.

carline (plural carlines)

1. Alternative form of caroline (“an old silver Italian coin”)

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• Licaner, clearin', en clair, lancier

carline m (plural carlines)

1. carline thistle

• “carline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

carline f

1. plural of carlina

• crinale, lincerà, reclina

From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrlɪn/, [ˈkarlɪn], [ˈkjarlɪn], [ˈkɛrlɪn]

carline (plural carlines)

1. woman, old woman, crone, hag