n.
Pronunciation: ' san-d ə r-li ŋ
Function: noun
Etymology: sand + -erling, perhaps from Old English yrthling, kind of bird found in fields, literally, plowman, from yrth, earth plowing, from erian to plow ― more at ARABLE
Date: 1602
: a small widely distributed sandpiper ( Calidris alba ) with pale gray and white plumage in winter