noun — 5 senses
UK /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/ · US /ˈstɑɹlɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.
A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.
Etymology Apparently a variant of staddling (although difficult to account for), or perhaps an alteration by association with another (unidentified) word.
Business, Construction, Manufacturing An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge.
One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.
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