Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A castrated animal, especially a male horse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A castrated animal; specifically, a castrated horse.
- noun A castrated man; a eunuch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male.
- adjective from
geld , v. t.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
castrated male horse - noun any castrated male animal
- noun archaic a
eunuch - verb Present participle of
geld .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun castrated male horse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Specifically a full-grown male is called a gelding or stallion, the female is a mare.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Specifically a full-grown male is called a gelding or stallion, the female is a mare.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Hey McCain08 – if the gelding is such a one man one woman kind of person, how to you explain the manner in which he dumped his first wife – because he wanted to be 25 not 40.
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A coalition of horse advocates last month filed suit to block the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from castrating the stallions, also known as gelding.
Mustang Plan Riles the West Stephanie Simon 2012
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The gelding was my father's pride and joy, and that summer was the first that I was given permission to practise manoeuvres on him.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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The gelding was a black with three white feet and a proudly held head -- might even be Denmark stock -- but for some reason he didn't relish moving in company.
Ride Proud, Rebel! Andre Norton 1958
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Temperamentally the gelding is a patient, plodding, beast of burden, and though under good grooming he may show considerable life, while under the control of his driver, he seldom shows any interest in other members of the horse family, either male or female, and in the pasture or on the ranch his neutral sex temperament is ever apparent.
The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male Winfield Scott Hall
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The gelding was her first equine star when she formed Jive Pony in 2005, and they made their debut in a muddy field at another game fair.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Sent to the sidelines following that effort, the gelding was a gate-to-wire winner of a July 5 Monmouth allowance last time out.
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When we located the owner, she told us her gelding was a QH and I just couldn't believe it - I couldn't explain to her why, but his conformation was all wrong.
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