rare. [f. CRINGE v. + -LING.] A cringing creature. Also attrib.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxvi. 216. Cringeling cock.
1798. W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., I. 219. Their monument [must] no tyrant’s cringeling rear. Ibid. (1807), Ann. Rev., V. 569. Among those cringelings who have assisted sovereigns to extend their power.
