Geld v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.]
1. To castrate; to emasculate.
2. To deprive of anything essential.
Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak.
3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.]
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gelded
adj : (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut
horse" [syn: cut, emasculated]