colt
39
1.3
- noun
- /koʊlt/
:
potro
- At Queenie's box, Kelsey paused and handed the colt's reins back to Boggs.
He threw himself at the feet of the idol that was perhaps a tiger or perhaps a colt, and he begged for its untried aid.
- He threw himself at the feet of the idol that was perhaps a tiger or perhaps a colt, and he begged for its untried aid.
Examples
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There were maybe a dozen colts in there, and mostly they kept close to each other.
Fiction book (1995) -
One at a time, I walked the colts to water, the gray first, then the bay.
Fiction book (1994) -
But I was worried about the colt, so I followed behind him.
Fiction book (1995) -
The afternoon of my return, I began working with the gray colt and the bay colt again.
Fiction book (1994) -
I began with his horse, a bay colt, and my father's gray colt.
Fiction book (1994) -
My father had been working the colts while I was in the hospital; I could tell.
Fiction book (1994) -
The local favorite had the lead, with the colt from Arkansas pressing close to the rail.
Fiction book (1995) -
And Gabe's favorite colt won't be wearing a saddle for another week or so.
Fiction book (1995) -
The colt was among the sixty-five horses and several colts that we lost during the voyage.
Academic text (1999) -
The farmer raised a young colt to become a strong racehorse.
Synonyms
14
1.0
A young horse that is less than one year old
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Colt originally meant a young person or a baby animal in Old English, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'child' for horses. That's why a colt today means a young male horse.