Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hinderling \Hind"er*ling\, n. [AS. hinderling one who comes
   behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See {Hinder},
   a., and cf. {Hilding}.]
   A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.]
   --Callander.