weanling

American  

[ween-ling] / ˈwin lɪŋ /

noun

1. a child or animal newly weaned.

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adjective

1. newly weaned.

weanling British  

/ ˈwiːnlɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a child or young animal recently weaned

   2. ( as modifier )

      a weanling calf

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Etymology

Origin of weanling

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

Example Sentences

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 • May 6, 2022

When the weanling calves had reached 14 months and put on the required weight, Da decided it was time to sell them.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018

But they had never before been to the winter sale, which included a mix of brood mares, weanling horses that were born earlier this year and some racing-age horses.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2017

Smith has been around Ziconic a lot, starting when the colt was a weanling, and has seen him develop.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2016

All his life He has had some weanling truth to guard, has fought Desperately to defend it, taking cover Wherever he could, behind old fallen trees Of superstition, or ruins of old thought.

From Watchers of the Sky by Noyes, Alfred