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Hurling vs Herling - What's the difference?

hurling | herling |

As nouns the difference between hurling and herling

is that hurling is the act by which something is hurled or thrown while herling is (uk|dialect) the young of the sea trout.

As a verb hurling

is .

hurling

English

Noun

  • The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
  • * Charles Dickens, Pincher Astray
    • The butcher's boy — a fierce and beefy youth, who openly defied the dog, and waved him off with hurlings of his basket and threatenings of his feet, accompanied by growls of "Git out, yer beast!" — now entered silently
  • An Irish game of Celtic origin dating from AD400. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley ( in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
  • A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • herling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hirling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) The young of the sea trout.
    • (Webster 1913)