the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A lamb or a kid; an eanling.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The young of sheep or goats; a lamb; a kid; an eanling: sometimes used attributively.
Word Usage
"He could have flung himself at Mme. de Beauseantās feet; he longed for the power of the devil if he could snatch her away and hide her in his heart, as an eagle snatches up some white yeanling from the plains and bears it to its eyrie."