horseling

noun

horseling

noun

Etymology From horse + -ling.

1

A young or little horse; foal; pony.

  • Two of these that she was about to chase and fondle, were not aristocratic horselings, they were but the rough and sturdy children of rough and sturdy dams and sires ; born to the plough, and the heavy waggon, [...]1874, Bertha De Jongh, The sisters Lawless:
  • Thork astride the pony raced after, the horseling running in sheer panic.2002, Dennis L. McKiernan, Dragondoom:
Synonyms
horselet

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