mortling
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mort + -ling. Compare morkin.
Noun[edit]
mortling (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.