geld

¹ American  

[geld] / gɛld /

verb (used with object)

gelded, gelt, gelding

1. to castrate (an animal, especially a horse).

2. to take strength, vitality, or power from; weaken or subdue.

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geld ² American  

[geld] / gɛld /

noun

English History.

1. a payment; tax.

2. a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

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geld ¹ British  

/ ɡɛld /

verb

1. to castrate (a horse or other animal)

2. to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken

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geld ² British  

/ ɡɛld /

noun

1. a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

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Other Word Forms

• gelder noun
• ungelded adjective

Etymology

Origin of geld¹

1250–1300; Middle English gelden < Old Norse gelda

Origin of geld²

1600–10; < Medieval Latin geldum payment, tribute < Germanic; compare Old English geld, German Geld

Example Sentences

Goodie Two Shoes, trained by Ireland's Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Wayne Lordan, finished in second place, with English gelding Middle Earth in third.

From BBC

She rode the gelding to victory at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup last month -- the first woman to win that race in its 149-year history -- and will start from an ideal barrier eight.

From Barron's

Will the gelding be above or below par?

From BBC

Police arrested 118 people on the day of the race, in which the gelding Hill Sixteen suffered a fatal injury.

From BBC

Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.

From Salon