codling
codling¹
Definition
codling²
Definition
cod·ling (käd′liŋ)
noun
- a variety of elongated apple
- a small, unripe apple
Etymology: earlier querdling, altered (infl. by suffix -ling) < Anglo-Fr querdelyon, lit., heart of lion
Also codlin cod′·lin (-lin)
codling
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- expect: Expect codling, whiting and the occasional decent sized cod.
- produce: Beaches - some will produce codling and whiting but mainly catches of coalfish and bass, usually on the small side.
Adjective modifier
- odd: In the winter months it will produce whiting and the odd codling.
- red: This is a superb summer mark that will give up good numbers of red codling to fresh peeler crab baits.
- small: Most recently, reports suggest good numbers of small codling.
- good: Winter fishing is mainly for flounders, but in good years codling can show with bass all year round.
Modifies a noun
- moth: A codling moth trap, for example, uses a pheromone placed on a sticky floor.
- traps: Install codling moth traps ( for apples ) by mid May and plum fruit moth traps by late May.
Noun used with modifier
- winter: In winter codling can be caught at high water near the steps at dusk.
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- COE
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