mortling

English

Etymology

From mort +‎ -ling. Compare morkin.

Noun

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

(wool): morling

References

“mortling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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