titling

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of title

Noun

• The act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book.
• A legal right to a property; holding a title.
• The hedge sparrow, dunnock, titlene, Prunella modularis.
• The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
• Stockfish.

Origin

• See title.
• Unknown. Superficially tit#Etymology 3 + -ling. Attested from the 16th century. Probably from Icelandic titlingr ("tit sparrow"), Old Norse titlingr ("sparrow"). Compare Old Norse tittr ("titmouse"). Also see Middle English titmose ("titmouse").