- Scotlandpeasant; fellow
“Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae him a screed o' doctrine! Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning.”
“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.”
“Ye may fancy I'm talking like a sour, disappointed auld carle.”
Formscarles(plural) · carl(alternative) · Carles(plural)