Nestling

·noun A nest; a receptacle.

II. Nestling ·adj Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.

III. Nestling ·noun A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.

IV. Nestling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Nestle.

nestling
the smallest bird of the nest or clutch ; called also the NESTLE-COCK, and NESTLE-BUB. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose