horseling

English

Etymology

From horse +‎ -ling.

Noun

horseling (plural horselings)

1. A young or little horse; foal; pony.
   • 1874, Bertha De Jongh, The sisters Lawless:

     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, [...]

   • 2002, Dennis L. McKiernan, Dragondoom:

     Thork astride the pony raced after, the horseling running in sheer panic.

Synonyms

• horselet

Translations

foal — see foal

a little horse

• Esperanto: ĉevaleto
• French: poney (fr) m
• German: Pferdchen (de) n, Pferdlein (de) n, Kleinpferd (de) n, Pony (de) n
• Ido: kavaleto (io), poneo (io)
• Italian: cavallino (it) m, pony (it) m
• Polish: konik (pl) m
• Romanian: căluț (ro) m
• Russian: лоша́дка (ru) f (lošádka), конёк (ru) m (konjók)
• Spanish: caballito (es)
• Volapük: jevodil (vo)

pony — see pony

Anagrams

• Holsinger, Ohlingers, ringholes, shoreling