English

Alternative forms

• carl

Noun

carle ‎(plural carles)

1. (chiefly Scotland) peasant; fellow
   • 1820, Lord Byron, “Marino Faliero”, in The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4:

     Had he instead of on the Doge's throne Stamped the same brand upon a peasant's stool, His blood had gilt the threshold; for the carle Had stabbed him on the instant.

   • 1885, Charles Kingsley, Daily Thoughts:

     Ye may fancy I'm talking like a sour, disappointed auld carle.

   • 1913, William Morris, The Story of the Glittering Plain:

     Spake the sad and sorry carle: "We seek the Land where the days are many: so many that he who hath forgotten how to laugh, may learn the craft again, and forget the days of Sorrow."

Anagrams

• Clare
• clear, Clear
• lacer