Middle English Dictionary Entry
birling n.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | birling n.(2) |
Etymology | Cp. Sc.Gael. birlinn and Ir. beirling. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of boat.
Associated quotations
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 5/8 [OD col.] : ijs.jd in quad' nave conducta pro remis et birlinges ducend'.