troutling

1747, Charles Jarvis (translator), The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, Dublin: Peter Wilson, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 2, p. 173, So there be many troutlings, answered Don Quixote they may serve me instead of one trout; for I would as willingly be paid eight single reals, as one real of eight: and the rather, because perhaps these troutlings are like veal, which is preferable to beef […]