carline

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

• carlin
• carling

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

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.

• gyre-carlin

car +‎ line

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹˌlaɪn/

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.

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

carline (plural carlines)

1. Carline thistle.

carline (plural carlines)

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

carline (plural carlines)

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

• 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