catling

noun3

1. •
   catgut; a catgut string

   • but, I am sure, none, unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on. — 1602
2. •
   A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.

   • The operator […] grasping the soft parts immediately below, raises them so as to facilitate the passage of a double-edged knife or catling across the face of the bones […] — 1852
3. •
   (no longer used) A little cat; a kitten.

   • For never cat nor catling I shall find, / But mew shall they in Pluto's palace blind. — 1649