[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gelding \geld"ing\, n. icel. gelding a gelding, akin to
   geldingr wether, eunuch, sw. gaumlling gelding, dan.
   gilding eunuch. see geld, v. t.
   a castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but
   formerly used also of the human male.
   1913 webster

         they went down both into the water, philip and the
         gelding, and philip baptized him.        --wyclif acts
                                                  viii. 38.
   1913 webster
see also:
geld 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gelding \geld"ing\, p. pr., a.,  vb. n.
   from geld, v. t.
   1913 webster
see also:
geld 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

geld \geld\, v. t. imp.  p. p. gelded or gelt ?; p. pr. 
   vb. n. gelding. icel. gelda to castrate; akin to dan.
   gilde, sw. gaumlla, and cf. as. gilte a young sow, ohg.
   galt dry, not giving milk, g. gelt, goth. gilpa siclke.
   1. to castrate; to emasculate.
      1913 webster

   2. to deprive of anything essential.
      1913 webster

            bereft and gelded of his patrimony.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book,
      or a story; to expurgate. obs. --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
gelded gelding 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gelding
     n : castrated male horse

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "gelding":
   houyhnhnm, altering, blank cartridge, brood mare, castration,
   castrato, charger, colt, courser, critter, dobbin, dud,
   emasculation, entire, entire horse, equine, eunuch, filly, fixing,
   foal, horse, impotent, incompetent, invalid, mare, mount, nag,
   prancer, spaying, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, tarpan,
   top horse, war-horse, weakling, wild horse

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