ridgeling

American  

[rij-ling] / ˈrɪdʒ lɪŋ /

Or ridgling

noun

Veterinary Medicine.

1. any male animal, especially a colt, with undescended testicles.

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ridgeling British  

/ ˈrɪdʒlɪŋ, ˈrɪdʒəl /

noun

1. a domestic male animal with one or both testicles undescended, esp a horse

2. an imperfectly castrated male domestic animal

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Etymology

Origin of ridgeling

1545–55; perhaps ridge + -ling ¹, from the belief that the undescended organs were in the animal's back

Example Sentences

Hoppert: He won his last two races, most recently an allowance race on the Derby undercard, but not even a veteran trainer can help this ridgeling make this big a leap.

From New York Times • May 14, 2021

To sidewalk farmers, who suppose that a ridgeling is the peak in a barn roof and a freemartin a species of swallow,*some of Gus's outbuildings and his hog runs might well give the jimjams.

From Time Magazine Archive