Meaning of GELDING
| Pronunciation: | | 'gelding
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| | Definition: | | [n] castrated male horse |
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\Geld"ing\, n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to
geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. g["a]lling gelding, Dan. gilding
eunuch. See {Geld}, v. t.]
A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but
formerly used also of the human male.
They went down both into the water, Philip and the
gelding, and Philip baptized him. --Wyclif (Acts
viii. 38).
\Geld"ing\, p. pr. a. & vb. n.
from {Geld}, v. t.
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| | Related Terms: | | altering, blank cartridge, brood mare, castration, castrato, charger, colt, courser, critter, dobbin, dud, emasculation, entire, entire horse, equine, eunuch, filly, fixing, foal, horse, Houyhnhnm, impotent, incompetent, invalid, mare, mount, nag, prancer, spaying, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, tarpan, top horse, war-horse, weakling, wild horse |
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