roan

Plural: roans

Noun

• a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
• a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
• An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
• The color of such an animal.
• A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
• Archaic form of rowan (“kind of tree”).
• pl. -S an animal having a coat sprinkled with white or gray

Adjective Satellite

• (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
  • "a roan horse"

Adj

• Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
• Made of roan (kind of leather).

Examples

• "roan binding"

Related Words

roan duck

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