noun
- a competitive sport in which participants try to stay balanced on a floating log while spinning it with their feet
Usage: North American
Examples
- The lumberjacks competed in birling at the county fair.
- She practiced birling on the lake every summer.
- Birling requires excellent balance and quick footwork.
- The birling competition drew crowds to the waterfront.
- He fell into the water during the birling match.
- Traditional birling uses pine or cedar logs.
- The birling champion stayed on the log for over ten minutes.