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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024geld•ing /ˈgɛldɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Husbandrya castrated male animal, esp. a horse.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024geld•ing (gel′ding),USA pronunciation n. - Animal Husbandrya castrated male animal, esp. a horse.
- a eunuch.
- Old Norse geldingr. See geld1, -ing3
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gelding /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/ n - a castrated male horse
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse geldingr; see geld1, -ing1 geld1 /gɛld/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], geld•ed or gelt/gɛlt/USA pronunciation geld•ing. - Animal Husbandryto remove the sex organs of (a horse or other animal);
castrate:to geld a stallion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024geld1 (geld),USA pronunciation v.t., geld•ed or gelt, geld•ing. - Animal Husbandryto castrate (an animal, esp. a horse).
- to take strength, vitality, or power from;
weaken or subdue.
- Old Norse gelda
- Middle English gelden 1250–1300
- World Historya payment;
tax. - World Historya tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.
- Gmc; compare Old English geld, German Geld
- Medieval Latin geldum payment, tribute
- 1600–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: geld /ɡɛld/ vb (gelds, gelding, gelded, gelt)(transitive)- to castrate (a horse or other animal)
- to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse gelda, from geldr barren |