Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.
  • noun A racehorse that is one year old, dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled in the Northern Hemisphere, and from July 1 or August 1 in the Southern Hemisphere.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A young beast one year old or in the second year of its age.
  • noun Under racing and trotting rules, a horse one year old, dating from January 1st of the year of foaling.
  • A year old; of a year's age, duration, or date: as, a yearling heifer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
  • adjective Being a year old.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An animal that is between one and two years old.
  • noun A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a young child
  • noun a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
  • noun an animal in its second year

Etymologies

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year +‎ -ling

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Examples

  • The value of Bandini, purchased for $500,000 as a yearling, is soaring.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • The whooping and hollering of a 12 year old who just tagged his first deer was more excitement then many of us aged guys show on a Booner but most within hearing distance would have thot the yearling was the next record buck.

    The Ritual: After Death, Before Venison 2009

  • The whooping and hollering of a 12 year old who just tagged his first deer was more excitement then many of us aged guys show on a Booner but most within hearing distance would have thot the yearling was the next record buck.

    The Ritual: After Death, Before Venison 2009

  • I am not sure if the yearling is a male or female, but typically female young stay close to their mothers and males go off on their own.

    Archive 2008-11-01 DNLee 2008

  • I am not sure if the yearling is a male or female, but typically female young stay close to their mothers and males go off on their own.

    Deer found on Urban University's Campus DNLee 2008

  • A standard price for a yearling was a plug of tobacco.

    A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • Moodie that his yearling was at P — 's, and that he would advise him to get it back as soon as possible.

    Roughing It in the Bush 1852

  • "He's a big, pretty horse," said Denali's Craig Bandoroff of this bay yearling, which is a half brother to grade I winner Mushka (by Empire Maker).

    Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com 2010

  • Star's David Greathouse of this dark bay or brown yearling, which is from the family of grade

    Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com 2010

  • Star's David Greathouse of this dark bay or brown yearling, which is from the family of grade

    Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com 2010

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