carling

noun

1. 1.An old woman.
2. 2.A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
3. 3.A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
4. 4.A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.