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Foaling

Foal \Foal\ (f[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foaled (f[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.] To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

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foaling

n. act of giving birth to a foal vb. (present participle of foal English)

Usage examples of "foaling".

Steve had read that when this rare event of foaling twins happened, the mare was very apt to favor one foal, giving it all of her attention while neglecting the other.

Beyond the foaling boxes lay a wide path between two small paddocks of about half an acre each, and at the end of the path, to the left, rose a fair-sized barn with a row of windows just below its roof.

Ginnie, snuggling inside her padded jacket, gave carrots from her pocket to some of the mares in the first yard and walked me without stopping through the empty places, the second yard, the foaling yard, and past the breeding shed.

We went slowly back to the foaling yard and found nobody there except horses.

However, it had been diplomatically pointed out to him that he had not yet taken a night watch in the foaling barn, and a full half of the mares had not yet foaled.

It was only fair that he take his turn at night watch in the foaling barn.

The mares are foaling and everything is more hectic than you can imagine!

In America, she wore a boy’s flannel underwear, a boy’s buckskin shirt and breeches, and the evidence of her assistance at several foalings was spread from her shoulders to her small, durable boots.