gelding
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- noun
- /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
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caballo castrado
- The trainer decided to use the gelding for the competition because he was easier to manage.
- an old gelding
- a chestnut gelding
- a big gelding
Examples
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While she was settling into the saddle, the gelding brought himself to frozen attention and then squealed again.
Fiction book (1995) -
After backing the bay gelding out of the trailer, she tethered him in the shade.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a pretty good gelding.
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No one wants a broken down gelding.
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"I will call him Nahkohe," she told her mother, hugging the black gelding around the neck.
Fiction book (1992) -
And with the fray and the clatter, the bay gelding had somehow injured a leg.
Fiction book (1998) -
Four-year-old gelding.
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Hoover stops in front of a huge gelding, pats his muzzle.
Fiction book (1995) -
As she dismounted and walked the gelding toward Gabe, Kelsey supposed she had been more miserable.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the scant light of a partial moon, the sweated chestnut gelding looked black as ebony and as glossy.
Fiction book (1997)
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Gelding comes from the old verb geld, which meant 'to castrate'. So a gelding is a male horse that has been 'gelded' — castrated to make it calmer and easier to train.