Gosling

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A young goose.

   “Marta's gander was a magnificent snow-white bird: the object of terror to foxes, children and dogs. She had reared him as a gosling; and whenever he approached, he would let fly a low contented burble and sidle his neck around her thighs.”

2. isim An inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.

   “Two stout woodmen with difficulty cut down this tree, the chips of which flew far and wide about the hall; but at my command my two green goslings carried away the fragments without any difficulty.”

3. isim A catkin on willows, nut trees, and pines.

   “When the oak puts on his goslings grey 'Tis time to sow barley night or day.”

4. özel isim A surname.