A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
"After soaking and boiling them overnight, my grandmother added the carling to a pot of butter for frying before serving it as an early winter side dish."
A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
A surname.
"The local football team recently announced that their new captain is Mr. Carling."