Definition of Ridgling

1. Noun. A colt with undescended testicles.

Exact synonyms: Ridgel, Ridgeling, Ridgil
Generic synonyms: Colt

Definition of Ridgling

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of ridgeling) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ridgling

1. a male animal with undescended testicles [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgling

ridgers
ridges
ridgeside
ridgesides
ridgetop
ridgetops
ridgewalking
ridgeway
ridgeways
ridgier
ridgiest
ridgil
ridgils
ridging
ridgings
ridglings
ridgy
ridgy-didge
ridibund
ridicle
ridicule
ridiculed
ridiculer
ridiculers
ridicules
ridiculing
ridiculize
ridiculized
ridiculizes

Literary usage of Ridgling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"A " ridgling " is an animal half castrated ; a male of any beast, half-gelt.1 RIGGING. ... The proof was that the stolen animal was a " ridgling. ..."

2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Hooker v. State, 4 Ohio (4 Ham.) 348, 349. ridgling. An indictment charging the theft of a gelding cannot be construed to include a ..."

3. The Breeding of Animals by Frederick Blackmar Mumford (1917)
"The ridgling is not always permanently sterile and may be fully fertile, ... The only way to determine whether a particular ridgling is fertile is by actual ..."

4. The Breeding of Animals by Frederick Blackmar Mumford (1917)
"The ridgling is not always permanently sterile and may be fully fertile, ... The only way to determine whether a particular ridgling is fertile is by actual ..."

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