yarlingadj.
/ˈjɑːlɪŋ/ midlands (and northern) dialect.
Howling, wailing.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective] > wail or howl
ululative1490
yawling1568
yowlingc1590
whewling1609
bewailed1624
vagient1629
ululatory1831
ululant1868
blarting1898
waily1906
yarling1911
1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock i. vii. 119 I heard more plainly..the peevish, wailing, yarling cry of some beast in the wood.
1972 Ld. Robens Ten Year Stint ii. 32 They were a ‘yarling mob’—crude, vulgar and unfit to lead the decent men I know in the pits.
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adj.1911