starling

An obsolete form of sterling.

In hydraulic engineering, an inclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together, before any work or structure as a protection against the wash of the waves.

One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.

An oscine passerine bird, of the family Sturnidæ and genus Sturnus, as S. vulgaris of Europe.

One of a breed of domestic pigeons which in color resemble the starling.