fatling

[ fat-ling ]

noun

1. a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.

fatling

/ ˈfætlɪŋ /

noun

1. a young farm animal fattened for killing

Word History and Origins

Origin of fatling¹

First recorded in 1520–30; fat + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

Now the skeeter sings his carols to the dawn, And bewails the early closing of the bar That prevents the little nips he seeks each morn On the sea-shore where the fatling boarders are.

From Project Gutenberg

Well I knew that Coüy-oüy Had escaped the watchful Great Spirit, That she had come back to earth To strike me through the death snake, That hers were the fangs of poison Buried deep in my little fatling.

From Project Gutenberg

I, first in the picking of the juicy berries The fruits of earth and bush, Most skilful in the weaving Of the bright story baskets, Swiftest at embroidering robes of doeskin For chieftain or little fatling; Leader in the ceremonial dances Of the young women of our tribe, In the great Assembly Lodge of our people.

From Project Gutenberg

He had scoured his skin to fatling softness, He had oiled his body to birch bark smoothness, His braided hair was filled with eagle feathers, With quill feathers of white swan And wing pinions of wild turkey.

From Project Gutenberg

Tell her she has taken my all, my last little fatling, Ask her, O Medicine Man, ask her in mercy To send you High Magic from the Spirits, That will empty my hands of the white flower, That will ease from my sickened heart The gnawing flame of the Fire Bird.

From Project Gutenberg