ˈclecking, vbl. n.
Also 9 clackin.
[f. cleck v.]
1. The action of the verb cleck; hatching; (transf. in quot.).
| 1815 Scott Guy M. i, ‘Clecking time's aye canty time.’ |
2. A hatching, a brood (of chickens, etc.).
| 1787 Burns Selkirk to Creech viii, Like some bewildered chicken Scar'd frae its minnie and the cleckin By hoodie⁓craw. 1823 Galt Entail I. xxxii. 283 The bairns of the last clecking are to be provided for by their mother's uncle. |