vbl. sb. [f. FRECKLE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb FRECKLE. In quots. quasi-concr., a mark like a freckle. Also collect., a marking with freckles.
1820. Keats, Lamia, I. 159.
| A deep volcanian yellow … | |
| Made gloom of all her frecklings, streaks and bars, | |
| Eclips’d her crescents, and lick’d up her stars. |
1882. The Garden, XXI. 28 Jan., 68/3. A white variety without the external freckling is not uncommon.
