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Vinony

gelding

noun

  1. castrated horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).

  1. 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.”

  2. Any castrated male animal.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English geld English -ing English gelding From geld + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of geld