flockling

English

Etymology

From flock +‎ -ling.

Noun

flockling (plural flocklings)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A lamb.
    • 1659, Richard Brome, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      […] she takes not so much for curing a thousand mortal People, as I have spent in Turpentine and Tarre to keep my Flocklings cleanly in a Spring time.
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