FOALING

Verb

foaling

present participle of foal

Noun

foaling (plural foalings)

act of giving birth to a foal

Anagrams

• loafing

Source: Wiktionary


FOAL

Foal, n. Etym: [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lfle, Gr., L. pullus a young animal. Cf. Filly, Poultry, Pullet.] (Zoö.)

Definition: The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly. Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse.

– In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.

Foal, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.]

Definition: To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

Foal, v.i.

Definition: To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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