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berling

berling is the alternative form of barling.

berling is the alternative form of birlinn.

Meaning of barling

Noun (1)

barling (plural barlings)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The smallest pig in a litter; runt.

Noun (2)

barling (plural barlings)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, rare) A pole; (carpentry) the cross rafter of a roof.
    • 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.1970, Admiralty Manual of Hydrographic Surveying - Volume 2

See all 5 meanings of barling

Meaning of birlinn

Noun

birlinn (plural birlinns)

  1. (Scotland, historical) A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

Proper noun capitalized: Berling

Berling (plural Berlings)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of berling

Noun
pluralberlings
Proper noun
pluralBerlings

Origin of berling

From Middle English berling. More at barling.

See birlinn.

Borrowed from German Berling.

Questions about berling

What does berling mean?
Berling means a surname from German.
What is berling the alternative form of?
Berling is the alternative form of barling.
What part of speech is berling?
Berling is a proper noun.

Words near berling in the dictionary

  1. Berliners
  2. berlines
  3. Berlinese
  4. berlinetta
  5. berlinettas
  6. berling
  7. berlingot
  8. berlingots
  9. berlings
  10. Berlinian
  11. Berlinians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: berling (page history and authors); Berling (page history and authors); barling (page history and authors); birlinn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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