sheepling
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sheepling (plural sheeplings)
- A little or young sheep; lamb.
- 1885, The Lutheran witness:
- He will also give me His spirit to assist and comfort me in all temptations and afflictions and to make my heart confident and certain so as not to doubt, that I am my Lord's dear sheepling, and He my faithful Shepherd, [...]
- 1896, William Lesley Mason, The stenographer's companion:
- It happened that a young sheepling stood there. The horrid wolf had a desire for a dinner of spring lamb, but felt some stings of conscience, so for a plea he made out that the sheepling was his enemy.