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; also, a hag or witch.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:old woman

   • 1785 (date written), Robert Burns, “Halloween”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William Creech, […], published 1793, →OCLC, stanza XXIII, page 189:

     He taks a ſvvirlie, auld moſs-oak, / For ſome black, grouſome Carlin; […]

   • 1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 232:

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

• gyre-carlin

From 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 (Carlina spp.).

carline (plural carlines)

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

carline (plural carlines)

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

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Carline”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• 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