gelding
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dɪŋ noun
1.
a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
2.
a eunuch.
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| —vb , gelds, gelding, gelded, gelt | |
| 1. | to castrate (a horse or other animal) |
| 2. | to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken |
| [C13: from Old Norse gelda, from geldr barren] | |
| 'gelder1 | |
| —n | |
| geld2 (ɡɛld) | |
| —n | |
| a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England | |
| [Old English gield service, tax; related to Old Norse gjald tribute, Old Frisian jeld, Old High German gelt retribution, income] | |
| gelding (ˈɡɛldɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| a castrated male horse | |
| [C14: from Old Norse geldingr; see | |
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Word Origin & History
geld
"royal tax in Medieval England," O.E. gield "payment, tribute" (cf. M.H.G. gelt "payment, contribution," Ger. geld "money," O.N. gjald "payment," Goth. gild "tribute, tax"), from PIE base of yield (q.v.).
geld
"to castrate," c.1300, from O.N. gelda "castrate," from geldr "barren," from P.Gmc. *galdu- (cf. O.H.G. galt "barren," said of a cow). The noun gelding (1296) is from O.N. geldingr.
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Example sentences
He was a high spirited five year old grey mustang gelding.
Two more burros, a jenny and a gelding, are available for adoption at the facility.
Only horses that have been selected and all paper work filled out by the time gelding starts will not be gelded.
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