mortling
English
editEtymology
editFrom mort + -ling. Compare morkin.
Noun
editmortling (countable and uncountable, plural mortlings)
- (UK, dialect, archaic) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
- (UK, archaic) Wool taken from a dead sheep.
Synonyms
edit- (wool): morling
References
edit- “mortling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.