▪ I. † ˈbrittling, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. brittle v.1 + -ing1.]
The cutting up (of a deer or boar).
| a 1500 Chevy Chase (MS. Ashmole 48) 17 To the quyrry then the Perse went To se the bryttlynge off the deare. Ibid. 26 ‘Leave of the brytlyng of the dear’, he sayd. |
▪ II. ˈbrittling, n.
[f. brittle a.: cf. the scientific name Anguis fragilis.]
‘The slow-worm’ (Halliwell).