gelding
['gɛldɪŋ]
n. 阉割动, 监, 去势, 去势雄



gelding
[ noun ]
castrated male horse
<noun.animal>




Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan.
gilde, Sw. g["a]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt
dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
1. To castrate; to emasculate.

2. To deprive of anything essential.

Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak.

3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book,
or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.


Gelding \Geld"ing\, n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to
geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. g["a]lling gelding, Dan. gilding
eunuch. See {Geld}, v. t.]
A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but
formerly used also of the human male.

They went down both into the water, Philip and the
gelding, and Philip baptized him. --Wyclif (Acts
viii. 38).


Gelding \Geld"ing\, p. pr., a., & vb. n.
from {Geld}, v. t.