yearling
pronunciation
How to pronounce yearling in British English:
UK [ˈjɪəlɪŋ]
How to pronounce yearling in American English:
US [ˈjɪrlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a young child
- a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
- an animal in its second year
Word Origin
- yearling (n.)
- "animal a year old or in its second year," mid-15c., from year + -ling. Year-old (n.) in this sense is from 1530s.
Example
- 1. Select for yearling weight ; what happens to birth weight ?
- 2. Effect of cymbidium hyridus high mountain and flat land cultivation in summer on the growth of yearling seedlings .
- 3. The bear weighed 226 kg ( 498 lbs ) , and the yearling weighed 159 kg ( 350 lbs ) .
- 4. Eleanor was thirty-four and saddled with five kids , including a yearling .
- 5. Be innovative ; yearling ; teaching is managed ; creativeness military affairs talented person .