ridge|ling

ridge|ling
ridge|ling «RIHJ lihng», noun.
1. a male animal, especially a horse, bull, or ram, one or both of whose testicles have not descended to the scrotum.
2. an animal that has been imperfectly castrated.
[probably < ridge + -ling (because the testicles were believed to remain at the animal's back)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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