yetling
yetling noun: cast iron.
Noun
yetling (countable and uncountable, plural yetlings)
- Cast iron.
- Scots ploughs, very neatly made, and covered with yetling, are the only kind used in this parish.1794, John Sinclair, The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, page 178
- Rollers are of different kinds, stone, yetling, wood. Each of these has its advantages.1815, Henry Home (Lord Kames), The Gentleman Farmer: Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture by Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles, page 54
- A small cauldron, or rounded pot, typically, but not always, made of cast iron.
- Still, it occurs to me that Yetlington is more probably indebted to its name from being the spot where " yetlings" were made. To this day the metal pot used by the muggers is known by that appellation in its immediate neighhourhood, and bears a striking resemblance to a sacred utensil used during...1842, Local Collections; Or, Records of Remarkable Events, Connected with the Borough of Gateshead, page 50
- Mother had lifted the yetling off the fire, and left it there," pointing to the middle of the room ; " and she comes running along and tumbles in.1859, Jane Anne Winscom, Onward: or, The mountain Clamberers : a Tale of Progress, page 43
- Synonyms:
- yet
- A small cast iron ball.
- A more recent conjecture traces a connection between it and the game still, or not long ago, played at New Year with yetlings or balls of cast iron on the sands near the Skilleys of Wemyss, in which, as in the North German Klotschiessen, the player who drives the ball to the goal in the fewest...1896, The County Histories of Scotland - Volume 4, page 231
Examples of yetling in a sentence
- A caller burn runs wimpling clear, Out o'er its rocky bed ; Where sits the rural yetling chair, For youth and hoary head, To rest themselves beside the stream And hear its murmuring.1896, John Geddie, The Water of Leith from Source to Sea, page 32:
- Still, it occurs to me that Yetlington is more probably indebted to its name from being the spot where " yetlings" were made.1842, Local Collections; Or, Records of Remarkable Events, Connected with the Borough of Gateshead, page 50:
- A bronze yetling, or tripod caldron, with an angular handle at each side.1880, John Collingwood Bruce, A Descriptive Catalogue of Antiquities, Chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle:
Synonyms of yetling
Forms of yetling
| plural | yetlings |
|---|---|
| alternative form | yetlin |
Origin of yetling
From Middle English yetling, yetlyng, ȝetlynge, equivalent to yet (“to pour”) + -ling.
Questions about yetling
- What does yetling mean?
- Yetling means cast iron.
- How do you use yetling in a sentence?
- A caller burn runs wimpling clear, Out o'er its rocky bed ; Where sits the rural yetling chair, For youth and hoary head, To rest themselves beside the stream And hear its murmuring.
- What part of speech is yetling?
- Yetling is a noun.
- What is the plural of yetling?
- The plural of yetling is yetlings.
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