barling

Etymology

From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Barling Magna parish, Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9389).
  3. A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.

noun

  1. The smallest pig in a litter; runt.
  2. 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.”