Definition of carlings Carlings

We found 4 definitions of carlings from 4 different sources.

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What does carlings mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • carlings (Noun)
    Plural of carling.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • carlings (n. pl.)
    Same as Carl, 3.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

  • carlings
    entremises, short pieces of timber ranging fore and aft, from one of the deck beams to another, into which their ends are scored: they are used to sustain and fortify the smaller beams of the ship, and are exhibited in the DECK, plate III.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • carlings
    Pieces of timber about five inches square, lying fore and aft, along from one beam to another. On and athwart these the ledges rest, whereon the planks of the deck and other portions of carpentry are made fast. The carlines have their end let into the beams, called "culver-tail-wise," or scored in pigeon-fashion. There are other carlines of a subordinate character.

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