A stallion kept for breeding. In Old English also more generally: a stallion. Cf. stud, n.2 1a.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse (17) stud horseeOE A stallion kept for breeding. In Old English also more generally: a stallion. Cf. stud, n.2 1a. stallion1390 A male horse not castrated, an entire horse, esp. one kept for the purpose of serving mares. Also figurative. steed-horsec1425 †(a) Scottish a stud-horse, stallion (obsolete); (b) ? U.S. a riding-horse. courser1483 A stallion. Obsolete or Scottish. mastard1598 A stallion. stone-horse1600 An uncastrated or entire horse; a stallion. Now only dialect. stone-colt1691 seed horse1792 attributive. Forming compounds denoting an uncastrated male animal kept for breeding, as seed bull, seed horse, etc. stud1803 With reference to a single animal. U.S. An uncastrated adult male horse; a stallion. Cf. stud horse, n. 1a. foal-getter1809 entire1881 An entire horse; a stallion. Subcategories:— used to excite mares (1) — as father or grandfather (2) — rutting, covering, or performance at stud (3) |
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