feebling

English

Verb

feebling

  1. present participle and gerund of feeble

Noun

feebling (plural feeblings)

  1. A feeble person.
    • 1878, Stephen Joseph Mac Kenna, Brave Men in Action:
      Our sergeant did not, therefore, as might have been expected, retain the hale men to fight and send on the feeblings, but just the reverse; and the only disabled soldiers pushed forward were the few in the waggons […]
    • 1915, Jack London, The Star Rover:
      You are feeblings. I am your master. You can't bring a squeal out of me. You think it remarkable, for you know how easily you would squeal.
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