carline

See also: Carline

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• carlin
• carling

Pronunciation

• (US, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹlɪn/, /ˈkɛɹlɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːlɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlɪn

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:old woman

   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

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

Derived terms

• gyre-carlin

Etymology 2

From car +‎ line.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹˌlaɪn/

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

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

Etymology 3

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹlɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːlɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlɪn

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. Carline thistle.

Etymology 4

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

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

Etymology 5

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. (nautical) Alternative form of carling (“deck planking”)

References

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

Anagrams

• Licaner, clearin', en clair, lancier

French

Noun

carline m (plural carlines)

1. carline thistle

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

carline f

1. plural of carlina

Anagrams

• crinale, lincerà, reclina

Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

carline (plural carlines)

1. woman, old woman, crone, hag