mortling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
  2. Wool taken from a dead sheep.

Word forms

mortling mortlings

Etymology

From mort + -ling. Compare morkin.

Synonyms

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