Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stripling \Strip"ling\, n. [Dim. of strip; as if a small strip
   from the main stock or steam.]
   A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from
   boyhood to manhood; a lad.

         Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. --1 Sam. xvii.
                                                  56.

Source : WordNet®

stripling
     n : a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: {adolescent},
          {teenager}]