I. verb
or harle ˈ(h)ärl, ˈ(h)ȧl
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English harlen to drag
transitive verb
1. dialect Britain : to drag, scrape, or pull (an object) usually along the ground
2. chiefly Scotland : to plaster (a surface) with roughcast
the harled walls with which for many generations the Scots had finished their houses — Ian Finlay
intransitive verb
chiefly Britain : to troll for fish
harling for spring salmon — Atlantic
II. noun
or harle ˈhȧl
( -s )
Britain : roughcast wall facing
III. ˈ(h)ärl, ˈ(h)ȧl transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English harlen to entangle
dialect England
1. : to snarl up : entangle
2. or harle : to thread one leg of (a dead rabbit) through the other for ease in carrying
IV. noun
( -s )
dialect England : a tangled mass : snarl
V. ˈhärl noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English herle, probably from Middle Low German herle, harle
1. or harle : a fiber in a stalk of flax or hemp
2. : herl