tanling

tan +‎ -ling

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænlɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ænlɪŋ

tanling (plural tanlings)

1. (archaic, especially of children) One who has been tanned by the sun.
   • a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 4, scene 4:

     To have the courtesy your cradle promised, / But to be still hot Summer's tanlings, and / The shrinking slaves of Winter.

• sunbather
• sun worshipper

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

• antling, lanting