catling

/ ˈkætlɪŋ /

noun

1. a long double-edged surgical knife for amputations
2. rare.
   catgut or a string made from it
3. an archaic word for kitten

Word History and Origins

Origin of catling¹

C17: from cat ¹+ -ling ¹

Example Sentences

"Hold Bobby's collar," suggested Brice, "and I think I can get the prematurely grizzled catling to earth."

From Project Gutenberg

What music will be in him when Hector has knock'd out his brains I know not; but, I am sure, none; unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on.

From Project Gutenberg