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colt

UK/kəʊlt/ US/kɔʊlt/ fairly common slang

noun

1.

a young male horse under the age of four

2.

a kind of revolver

Origin

From Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, piglet, boy, lad”) / Swedish kulting (“piglet”). Related to child.

Phrases

  • catch colt
  • colt evil
  • colt's tooth
  • hog colt
  • old-field colt
  • summer colt
  • woods colt

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