Definition of gelding. Meaning of gelding. Synonyms of gelding

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Definition of gelding

Gelding
Geld 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.
Gelding
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).
Gelding
Gelding Geld"ing, p. pr. a. & vb. n. from Geld, v. t.

Meaning of gelding from wikipedia

- a gelding is a castrated horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule . castration, and the elimination of hormonally driven
- veterinary practice: gelding (horse) gib (cat, ferret) ox (cattle) (castration performed on mature adult) stag (cattle, sheep) steer (cattle
- 'cresty' neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female horses, known as mare s, and castrated males, called gelding s.
- adult male horse if left intact is called either a 'stallion ' or a 'horse' (sometimes full horse); if castrated , it is called a gelding .
- a castrated male horse is called a gelding , regardless of age, though colloquially the term 'gelding colt' is sometimes used until a
- the breeders' cup juvenile is a thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and gelding s raced on dirt. it is held annually in early
- the craven stakes is a group 3 flat horse race in great britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and gelding s.
- the july stakes is a group 2 flat horse race in great britain open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and gelding s. it is run on
- red rum bay gelding; 3 may 1965 - 18 october 1995; sire: quorum, dam: mared) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse who achieved an
- the newmarket stakes is a listed flat horse race in great britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and gelding s.