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 twoyears old. - noun A
racehorse that isconsidered to be one year old until asubsequent 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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Examples
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The value of Bandini, purchased for $500,000 as a yearling, is soaring.
USATODAY.com 2005
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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A standard price for a yearling was a plug of tobacco.
A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Moodie that his yearling was at P — 's, and that he would advise him to get it back as soon as possible.
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"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).
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Star's David Greathouse of this dark bay or brown yearling, which is from the family of grade
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Star's David Greathouse of this dark bay or brown yearling, which is from the family of grade
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