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DictionarygeldingCastrated male horse
noun

gelding

GEL-ding/ˈɡeldɪŋ/

A castrated male horse or related animal.

The bay gelding lacks the reproductive anatomy visible in the comparison with the stallion.

A dominant three-quarter view of an adult bay gelding, contrasted with a smaller, separate observational study of a stallion's underside.
Etymology
geldingOld Norsecastrated ram; eunuch

Old Norse geldingr referred to a castrated ram or a eunuch. English used the word for a castrated animal, especially a horse, giving the horse-specific meaning selected here.

In context

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taking a stallion to a gelding
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More examples

  • She chooses a gelding rather than a mare for the lesson.
  • The stable houses three geldings beside the pasture.
  • The veterinarian examines the gelding's injured hoof.

Forms

gelding · geldings

Similar words

stallion
An adult male horse that has not been castrated.
mare
A mare is an adult female horse; a gelding is a castrated male.