Obs. [a. Sw. bärling pole, f. bära to bear.] A pole.
1611. Rates, 2 (Jam.). Barlings, or fire-poles the hundreth—xxl.
1732. De Foe, etc., Tour Gt. Brit. (1769), I. 64. Fir-Timber, Oaken Planks, Baulks, Barlings, Spars, Oars.
