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gelding

noun
/ˈɡɛldɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from geldingr — “wether, eunuch”
  2. derived from geldyng — “eunuch”

Definitions

  1. A castrated male horse.

    • Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

  2. Any castrated male animal.

  3. present participle and gerund of geld

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA