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yearling

[ yeer-ling ]

noun

  1. an animal in its second year.
  2. a horse one year old, dating from January 1 of the year after the year of foaling.


adjective

  1. being a year old.
  2. of a year's duration or standing:

    a yearling bride.

yearling

/ ˈɪəɪŋ /

noun

  1. the young of any of various animals, including the antelope and buffalo, between one and two years of age
  2. a thoroughbred racehorse counted for racing purposes as being one year old until the second Jan 1 following its birth
    1. a bond that is intended to mature after one year
    2. ( as modifier )

      yearling bonds

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. being a year old
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yearling1

1425–75; late Middle English; year, -ling 1; cognate with German äԲ
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Example Sentences

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“They’ve just been tearing into our baby calves, mostly our yearlings.”

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Eclipse bought 11 horses during what would be Journalism’s yearling crop.

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She added that because only adults were collared, “kids and yearlings may have been underrepresented.”

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BUTLER, Pa. — A woman was injured in a bear attack while letting her dog outside, and Pennsylvania game commission employees killed the mother bear and tranquilized her three yearling cubs, authorities said.

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His message to the students, known as yearlings, was simple: Their loyalty is “not about particular candidates. It’s not a particular person or personality that occupies these positions. It’s about the Constitution.”

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