Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
Carib.
Cariban
Caribbean (1)
Caribbean (2)
Caribbean English
Caribbean Sea
caribe
Cariboo Mountains
caribou
Caribou Inuit
caricature
CARICOM
caries
CARIFTA
carillon
carillonneur
Carina
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

carling
car·ling [ krling, krlin ] (plural car·lings)


noun 
Definition:
 
beam supporting boat's deck: a fore-and-aft wooden beam that supports a boat's deck, especially around an opening in the deck such as a hatchway
[14th century. < Old Norse]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft