colthood

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/ˈkəʊlt.hʊd/

noun

The state of being a colt; the youth of a (male) horse.

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Meanings

nouncolthood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being a colt; the youth of a (male) horse.

    In the old days of his colthood, a barelegged boy used to come into the pasture and jump on his bare back.

    1922, Max Brand, Alcatraz
    2 more examples

    Their ruddy faces and somewhat cumbrous forms belong to the animal period of life that links together boyhood, colthood and calfhood.

    1876, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science

    She had a vague notion that all horses nowadays were trained from their colthood to buck--whatever that was.

    1917, B. M. Bower, The Lookout Man

Origin

From colt + -hood.

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Chicago

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