siring

siring

1. present participle of sire

siring (plural sirings)

1. An act of procreation, especially between animals.
   • 1972, Animal behavior monographs (volume 5, page 94)

     As the gestation length of horses and ponies is on average 336 days with a range of 315 to 365 days (Rossdale 1967), foals resulting from late May and early June sirings would be born throughout May the following year.

• Rising, rising