The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mortling
Mortling \Mort"ling\, n. [See Morling.]
An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a morling. [Eng.]
Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.
Wiktionary
mortling
n. 1 (context UK dialect English) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation. 2 (context UK English) wool taken from a dead sheep.