yearling
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Etymology
From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).
Noun
yearling (plural yearlings)
- An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
- a yearling lamb
- 2021 August 25, Henry Fountain, Benjamin Rasmussen, “‘The Worst Thing I Can Ever Remember’: How Drought Is Crushing Ranchers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Tom Fettig and his wife, Kim, were there with 60 yearlings, about half of a herd they were helping their son raise on the outskirts of Bismarck.
- A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
- (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.
- Synonym: (slang) yuck
- 1910, H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point, page 84:
- "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?"
"If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."
- 2014, Michael E. Haskew, West Point 1915 (page 57)
- As a yearling, he admitted to doing his part in ensuring that plebes knew their place at the Academy, […]
Translations
one-year-old animal
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Pronunciation
Noun
yearling m (plural yearlings)
Further reading
- “yearling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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