US /koʊlt/ UK /kəʊlt/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a young male horse, usually under four years old

    The colt galloped across the paddock at the first taste of freedom.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a young male horse, usually... foalfillyyearling
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Word family
Derived forms coltish
Related forms colthood

Etymology

From Old English colt ('young ass or camel, young horse'), of Germanic origin, perhaps related to a base meaning 'young animal'; compare Swedish dialectal kult ('young boar, stocky child').

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