Obs. [f. BREED v. + -LING.] One born and bred in a place; a native.
1663. Pepys, Diary, 18 Sept. Over most sad fenns, all the way observing the sad life which the people of the place (which, if they be born there, they do call the breedlings of the place) do live. [Taken by Macaulay for a proper name. See Hist. Eng. (1855), III. xi. 41.]
