Definition of Geldings. Meaning of Geldings. Synonyms of Geldings

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Geldings. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Geldings and, of course, Geldings synonyms and on the right images related to the word Geldings.

Definition of Geldings

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 Geldings from wikipedia

- like geldings. Geldings are preferred over stallions for working purposes because they are calmer, easier to handle, and more tractable. Geldings are therefore...
- compared to female horses, known as mares, and castrated males, called geldings. Temperament varies widely based on genetics, and training, but because...
- stallions. Some equestrians consider mares to be more difficult to handle than geldings. The results of a study by the Sydney School of Veterinary Science suggested...
- particularly in geldings. Not only can smegma, a waxy substance that includes dirt and dead skin cells, ac****ulate, but some geldings (and occasionally...
- They may not be roan or have large amounts of white markings. Mares and geldings may be black, bay, brown, grey or roan. In the UK stallions may not be...
- Ellen Whitaker Irorko VD Brouwershoeve (born 2008), Belgian Warmblood, Gelding, sire: Canturano, dam: Artemis, Owners: Jose Bono Rodríguez & Club Hipico...
- Sampson (later renamed Mammoth) was a Shire horse gelding born in 1846 and bred by Thomas Cleaver at Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England. According...
- full horse); if castrated, it is called a gelding. In some cases, particularly informal nomenclature, a gelding under four years is still called a colt...
- three-year-olds that allowed geldings to compete and the first age-restricted Group 1 race which was open to geldings in Europe. Geldings were excluded after the...
- and Geldings) is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race raced under set weight conditions, for two-year-old colts and geldings, over...