porkling

English

Etymology

pork +‎ -ling

Noun

porkling (plural porklings)

1. (dated) A young pig; a porket.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC:

     And serue thee in winter, more ouer than that,
     to shut vp thy porklings thou mindest to fat

References

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