0 past simple and past participle of foal
1 If a mare (= a female horse) foals, she gives birth to a baby horse.
She said that mares had foaled in school playgrounds.
All were in very bad condition on arrival, and the one that had foaled in transit very nearly died.
I have seen them run a great deal faster than any horse that was ever foaled.
Some of the mares were in foal, and foaled on board ship.
One mare foaled in transit, and 6 others within 10 days of arrival.
He was foaled most probably in 1926, although the dates are somewhat hazy.
During his career, there were rumours that he was a ringer, foaled in 1836 but the allegations were never substantiated.
This is determined by the amount of prize money won during the year by racehorses which were foaled by a daughter of the sire.
