car line

US: (kär′lin, ker′-)

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car′ line′. 

1. Transport See trolley line. 

car•line  (kär′lin, ker′-), n. [Chiefly Scot.]

1. Scottish Terms an old woman.
2. Scottish Terms a hag;
   witch.

Also, carlin. 

• Old Norse: old woman, equivalent. to kerl (mutated variant of karl man) + -ing -ing¹
• Middle English (north) kerling 1350–1400