Complete Definition of "skirling"

English

Verb
skirling

  1. present participle of|skirl

Noun
skirling

  1. A small trout or salmon.
  2. context|Northern England|and|Scotland A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

#:*When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened. Mrs. J. H. Ewing.

References
R:1913
R:CancerWEB

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