The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skirling \Skirl"ing\, n.
A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. [Prov. Eng.
& Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott.
When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold
eyes softened.
--Mrs. J. H.
Ewing.
Skirling \Skirl"ing\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely. [Prov. Eng.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK dialect English) A small trout or salmon. 2 (context Northern England and Scotland English) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. vb. (present participle of skirl English)
Usage examples of "skirling".
Jarman Buckwell's back from the Giant's Stair, Chett figured, or Qhorin Halfhand from the Skirling Pass.
Lord Mormont did, and Mormont was waiting for his other scouts, for Jarman Buckwell and the men who'd climbed the Giant's Stair, and for Qhorin Halfhand and Jon Snow, who'd gone to probe the Skirling Pass.
And Rattleshirt had Qhorin's bones in his bag, along with the bloody head of Ebben, who set out with Jon to scout the Skirling Pass.
And now Jon was gone, lost in the Skirling Pass with Qhorin Halfhand, most likely dead.
He remembered the Skirling Pass all too well, and the moonlight climb he'd made with Stonesnake.
He remembered what Qhorin Halfhand had said when they spied the fire in the Skirling Pass.
One to probe the Milkwater, one the Skirling Pass, one to climb the Giant's Stair.
Before him the Skirling Pass opened up into airy emptiness, and a long vee-shaped valley lay spread beneath him like a quilt, awash in all the colors of an autumn afternoon.
The Skirling Pass was really a series of passes, a long twisting course that went up around a succession of icy wind-carved peaks and down through hidden valleys that seldom saw the sun.