carline

noun

car·​line ˈkär-lən 

variants or carlin

chiefly Scotland

: woman

especially : an old woman

Synonyms

• beldam
• beldame
• crone
• hag
• hellcat
• trot
• witch

Examples of carline in a Sentence

there's no appeasing the auld carline who lives at the far end of the loch

Word History

Etymology

northern Middle English kerling & early Scots kerling, karlyng, karlyn "old woman," borrowed from Old Norse kerling, from karl "man, commoner" + -ing, feminine noun suffix — more at churl

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above