Gēld'ing, n.

n. [Icel. gelding, castration; Dan. gilden, Icel. geldingr, eunuch; Dan. gilding, Sw. gäll-ing, a castrated animal.]

1. The act of castrating.
2. A castrated animal, chiefly a horse, but formerly used also of the human male.

Among the MSS. . . . an old English Bible, wherein the eunuch mentioned to be baptized by Philip is called the gelding. “And Philip and the gelding went down into the water.” Evelyn.