1. a young cat; a kitten
Usage: archaic; dialectal

1. giving birth to kittens
Usage: present participle of ‘kittle’; archaic

Examples

• The barn cat was kittling in the hay loft.
• She found a tiny kittling mewing under the porch.
• The mother cat spent hours kittling her litter.
• Each kittling was smaller than the palm of her hand.
• The farmer knew the cat was kittling when she disappeared for hours.