'Bantling' definitions:

Definition of 'Bantling'

From: GCIDE
  • Bantling \Bant"ling\, n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. b[aum]ntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. Bastard, n.] A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] [1913 Webster]
  • In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]