gelding
/ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
gelding noun: a castrated male horse. Also the present participle and gerund of geld.
Noun
gelding (plural geldings)
- A castrated male horse.
- Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.2003 January 8, Stuart Lavietes, “F. William Free, 74, Ad Man Behind 'Fly Me'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2022
- Any castrated male animal.
Also used as
gelding is also the present participle and gerund of geld.
gelding meaning in Malay and Persian
gelding in Malay
- castrated male horse
- kuda kembiri
gelding in Persian
- castrated male horse
- جرده jorde
Forms of gelding
| plural | geldings |
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Origin of gelding
From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).
From geld + -ing.
Words that rhyme with gelding
Questions about gelding
- What does gelding mean?
- Gelding means a castrated male horse.
- What is gelding in Malay?
- Gelding in Malay is kuda kembiri. See Gelding meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is gelding?
- Gelding is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gelding?
- Gelding is pronounced /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of gelding?
- The plural of gelding is geldings.
Words near gelding in the dictionary
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