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Definition of Geldings
1. gelding [n] - See also: gelding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geldings
Literary usage of Geldings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1797)
"... or her full complement of mares or geldings, fo appointed to be dut)1, ...
them rateably in proportion to the number of mares or geldings included in ..."
2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1860)
"Edmund Spencer, do geldings, do 5 do 16. John Wollard, New Salem, 0., mares, 1
pair carriage mares, Black Maria and Fairfield, 3 years old. 17. ..."
3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1905)
"... and feloniously to take from the possession of said WW Alderman, two horses,
to wit: two geldings of the value then and there of thirty dollars each, ..."
4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1823)
"Mares and geldings allowed 3lb- Heats, two miles. Macbeth, 4 yrs old (Johnson) _ .
1 1 Mr. Lambton's bc Manuel, 2 yrs ... 2 2 Mayor of Durham's bf Miss ..."
5. The American Veterinary Journal (1857)
"MARES VERSUS geldings. FARMERS generally do not seem to be fully aware of the
benefits which they might derive from the use of mares, instead of geldings. ..."
6. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"There's not a Tartarian, Nor a carrier, símil breathe upon your geldings. And if
any thieving Tartarian shall break in upon you, I will, with both hands, ..."
7. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"Carriage horses, geldings, by a thorough-bred horse, from four to six years ...
Four-year-old and upwards, geldings or mares suitable for dray purposes, £8, ..."
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