Dictionary entry

Bantling

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bant″ling (�), n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. bäntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. Bastard, n.] A young or small child; an infant.

In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings.

W. Irving.