stripling

1. (dated, also attributive, sometimes humorous) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .Examples: "And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is."; "And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities"; "Figure to yourſelf, Madam, a fair ſtripling, between eighteen and nineteen, with his head reclin'd on one of the ſides of the chair, his hair in diſorder'd curls, irregularly ſhading a face, on which all the roſeate bloom of youth, and all the manly graces conſpired to fix my eyes and heart."Synonyms: sapling, shaveling, springald, bhoy, boy, boykin, boyo, callantalsoattributivedatedhumoroussometimes

2. (horticulture) A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.Examples: "For there upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediæval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs."