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horseling

noun

Etymology

From horse + -ling.

  1. derived from *ḱers-✻ — “to run”
  2. inherited from *ḱr̥sós✻ — “vehicle”
  3. inherited from *hrussą✻ — “horse”
  4. inherited from *hross✻
  5. inherited from hors — “horse”
  6. inherited from hors
  7. suffixed as horseling — “horse + ling”

Definitions

  1. A young or little horse

    A young or little horse; foal; pony.

    • Two of these that she was about to chase and fondle, were not aristocratic horselings, they were but the rough and sturdy children of rough and sturdy dams and sires ; born to the plough, and the heavy waggon, [...]
    • Thork astride the pony raced after, the horseling running in sheer panic.

The neighborhood

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