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Synonyms for geldings

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gel-ding
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɛl dɪŋ

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Définition of geldings

Origin :
  • late 13c. (as a surname), from Old Norse geldingr, from gelda "castrate" (see geld (v.)).
  • As in castration : noun emasculation
  • As in horse : noun equine species
Example sentences :
  • The choice of a horse should therefore be confined to mares and geldings.
  • Extract from : « Riding and Driving for Women » by Belle Beach
  • Turn him out in the field with one hundred geldings and he will rule all of them.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • All their horses are geldings; they keep some others for stallions, but so few, that I have never seen a single one.
  • Extract from : « Early Travels in Palestine » by Arculf et al.
  • Inguinal hernia is seen mostly in stallions, next in geldings, and very rarely in the mare.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • For the full description of this and of the operation for hernia for geldings, see remarks on hernia.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • My back is no sooner turned, than the rascal's atop of one of his master's geldings.'
  • Extract from : « The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It was as if steers invariably took to mothering calves, or geldings to adopting foals.
  • Extract from : « A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • The total realised by sale of the stud, including a couple of geldings, was 15,692 guineas.
  • Extract from : « Horses Past and Present » by Walter Gilbey
  • In short, d'Aurevilly was like a stallion among the geldings of the ultramontaine stables.
  • Extract from : « Against The Grain » by Joris-Karl Huysmans
  • It has also been remarked, that geldings sleep oftener and longer than horses.
  • Extract from : « Buffon's Natural History. Volume V (of 10) » by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
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