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–noun
1.a castrated male animal, esp. a horse.
2.a eunuch.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < ON geldingr. See geld1, -ing3]
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–verb (used with object), geld·ed or gelt, geld·ing.
1.to castrate (an animal, esp. a horse).
2.to take strength, vitality, or power from; weaken or subdue.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME gelden < ON gelda]

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tr.v.   geld·ed or gelt (gělt), geld·ing, gelds
  1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.


[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]

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geld·ing    Audio Help   (gěl'dĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A castrated animal, especially a male horse.


[Middle English, from Old Norse geldingr, from gelda, to geld.]

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gelding

noun
castrated male horse 

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Gelding

Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g["a]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]

1. To castrate; to emasculate.

2. To deprive of anything essential.

Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak.

3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Gelding

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).
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