gelding

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English - English
a eunuch
a castrated male horse
any castrated male animal
Present participle of geld
{n} a horse that has been gelded
A gelding is a male horse that has been castrated. a horse that has been gelded
{i} castrated male animal (especially a horse)
from Geld, v
A castrated animal; usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male
castrated male horse
geld
Money; notably:

A ransom.

geld
{n} a tax
geld
{a} to castrate, emasculate
A gelding
gelt
geld
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse
geld
To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate
geld
A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings. to remove the testicles of a horse (gelda)
geld
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"
geld
To castrate; to emasculate
geld
To castrate a male (usually an animal)
geld
Money; tribute; compensation; ransom
geld
To deprive of anything essential
geld
{f} castrate an animal (especially a horse)
geldings
plural of gelding
gelding

    Hyphenation

    geld·ing

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Old Norse geldingr, from gelda (“to castrate”), whence also English geld (Etymology 2).
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