Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a chestnut, bay, or sorrel coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
- noun The characteristic coloring of a roan horse.
- noun A roan horse or other animal.
- noun A soft flexible sheepskin leather, often treated to resemble morocco and used in bookbinding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clump of whins.
- noun Same as
rowan . - Of a bay, sorrel, or chestnut color, with gray or white hairs more or less thickly interspersed: said chiefly of horses. A bright-red mixture is called
strawberry-roan or red-roan. - noun An animal, especially a horse, of a roan color.
- noun A roan color; the color of a roan horse.
- noun A soft and flexible sheepskin, largely used by bookbinders, and often made in imitation of morocco.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
- adjective Made of the leather called roan.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a very large South African antelope (
Hippotragus equinus ). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called alsomahnya ,equine antelope , andbastard gemsbok . - noun The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
- noun A roan horse.
- noun A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
- noun (Bot.) See
Rowan tree .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective especially of a horse, having a coat of a
dark base color withindividual white hairs mixed in - noun An
animal such as ahorse that has acoat of a darkbase color withindividual white hairs mixed in. - noun The
color of such an animal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
- noun a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
- noun a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The diadem perched on coils of hair, trapped between gold and red, the color of the horses they call roan.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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The diadem perched on coils of hair, trapped between gold and red, the color of the horses they call roan.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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The diadem perched on coils of hair, trapped between gold and red, the color of the horses they call roan.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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That was understandable enough in a lover of good horseflesh, for the roan was a handsome animal and clearly from stock of excellent quality.
The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987
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That was understandable enough in a lover of good horseflesh, for the roan was a handsome animal and clearly from stock of excellent quality.
The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987
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The third, had it been a horse, might have been described as a roan, the whole body being a pale reddish-brown, with a sprinkling of real white hairs on the back.
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Now the roan was a natural coward, with a sneer for some and a smirk for others.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Now the roan was a natural coward, with a sneer for some and a smirk for others.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Now the roan was a natural coward, with a sneer for some and a smirk for others.
Richard Carvel — Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909
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In the end "Jack," as Harold called the roan, walked up to his master and rubbed his nose against his shoulder.
The Eagle's Heart Hamlin Garland 1900
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