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GELDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gelding mean?
• GELDING (noun)
The noun GELDING has 1 sense:
1. castrated male horse
Familiarity information: GELDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Castrated male horse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("gelding" is a kind of...):
male horse (the male of species Equus caballus)
Derivation:
geld (cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses))
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