I. ˈsəkəl transitive verb
( suckled ; suckled ; suckling -k(ə)liŋ, -lēŋ ; suckles )
Etymology: probably back-formation from suckling (I)
1.
a. : to give suck to
b. : rear , foster , nourish
suckled on miracles, religious and astrological — Josephine Pickney
2. : to nurse at or from : suck
3. : to take in as nourishment
from whose lusty, healthy breast my father had suckled the first of that fine strength — Rafael Sabatini
II. noun
also sucklebush ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷
( plural suckles also sucklebushes )
Etymology: suckle from Middle English sokel clover, honeysuckle, short for honysokel, honysoukel honeysuckle; sucklebush from suckle (II) + bush — more at honeysuckle
: honeysuckle