• (n.) A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.
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Fat'ling noun [
Fat +
- ling .] A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food. « He sacrificed oxen and
fatlings .»
2 Sam. vi. 13. Found on
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A fatling is a calf, a lamb or other juvenile animal fattened by plenty of feeding for slaughter and eating. The term came into use during at least the 16th century and was still being used to describe animals produced for feasts in England during the late 19th century.
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