gelding
a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
a eunuch.
Origin of gelding
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How to use gelding in a sentence
She did not perceive that she was talking like her father as the sleek geldings ambled in review before them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAll their horses are geldings; they keep some others for stallions, but so few, that I have never seen a single one.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.Pliny says, that they never lose the milk-teeth if they are made geldings before they have shed them.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume V (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonIt has also been remarked, that geldings sleep oftener and longer than horses.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume V (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonHorses were abundant, and, though low and small, were very fleet; the riding horses being geldings and generally excellent.
A Short History of English Agriculture | W. H. R. Curtler
British Dictionary definitions for gelding
/ (ˈɡɛldɪŋ) /
a castrated male horse
Origin of gelding
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