rare. [See -LING.] A petty knight.
1640. Brome, Sparagus Garden, III. iv. Wks. 1873, III. 159. Tis such a Knightling, Ile but give yee his Character, and he comes, I warrant thee.
1845. Lives Eng. Saints, Aelred, iv. 57. It was found that every knightling possessed not only a castle, but a seal, like the king of England himself.
