Definitions For Gadling

Noun

GADLING (plural GADLINGs) (obsolete, ) A companion in arms, fellow, comrade. A rove, roving vagabond; one who roams A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn; originally comrade or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.

Etymology

From Middle English gadling + + companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn, gadeling + + vagabond, from , gædeling + + kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade, from , *gadilingaz + + relative, kinsman, equivalent to gad + ling. Related to .