barling
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[...] one pair of fetters, one pair of couplings, 2 barlings [poles], 2s 6d; one saddle, one bridle, one panel, 12s; one corn hutch and 1 chaff bin, 6s 8d; one plough, one pair of harness and one coulter, 2 plough sha-[rest torn] with chains, 14s."
- "On shallow waters they moved upstream using small barlings; [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage