weanling

[ ween-ling ]

noun

1. a child or animal newly weaned.

adjective

1. newly weaned.

weanling

/ ˈwiːnlɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a child or young animal recently weaned
   2. ( as modifier )

      a weanling calf

Word History and Origins

Origin of weanling¹

First recorded in 1525–35; wean + -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of weanling¹

C16: from wean ¹+ -ling ¹

Example Sentences

The horse was named after Cody Dorman, a teenager with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome who did not have the ability to walk or communicate on his own and first met the horse when he was a weanling and part of a Make-a-Wish event at Gainesborough Farm in Versailles, Ky.

From Los Angeles Times

Dorman first met the horse during a Make-A-Wish visit to Godolphin’s Gainsborough Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, when Cody‘s Wish was a 5-month-old weanling in 2018. The animal walked over to Dorman‘s wheelchair and put his head in the boy’s lap, creating such a connection that Godolphin decided a year later to name the horse after Dorman.

From Washington Times

Dorman first met the horse during a Make-A-Wish visit to Godolphin’s Gainsborough Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, when Cody’s Wish was a 5-month-old weanling in 2018.

From Seattle Times

One of Whitman’s exercise riders had asked her to buy an inexpensive weanling for him in lieu of what she owed him.

From New York Times

“Everything about her looks like a weanling,” Smith said, referring to a horse under a year old.

From Washington Times