foal
/fəʊl
/noun
A young horse or related animal.Most prepared diets for foals and young growing horses are extremely high in sugar....
- Most predation probably occurs on foals and elderly animals.
- The entire tribe, excepting young foals and their mothers, was out, fighting.
Synonyms
young horse/donkey/pony/mule;
colt, filly
verb [no object]
1(Of a mare) give birth to a foal.Middlesex Drive will stand for $2,500, with special consideration to mares foaling in Pennsylvania....
- His stud fee has been set at $2,500, with a $500 discount to mares foaling in the state.
- Three to six weeks before foaling, the mare's udder usually begins to develop.
1.1 (be foaled) (Of a foal) be born.The overall statistics include 157 progeny covered by North American stallions that were foaled outside the continent....
- The overall statistics include 185 progeny sired by North American stallions that were foaled abroad.
- Her last foal was the Storm Cat filly Dreamlike, who was foaled in 1997 but is unraced.
Phrases
in (or with) foal
Origin
Old English fola, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veulen and German Fohlen, also to filly.