middlings Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
    middling.
  2. verb put in the middle
    middle.

WordNet

Mid"dlings noun plural
Definitions
  1. A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.
  2. In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also middles. Bartlett.

Webster 1913