horseling

English

Etymology

From horse +‎ -ling.

Noun

horseling (plural horselings)

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

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