Roan

[rəʊn] or [ron]

Definition

(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.

(adj.) (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; 'a roan horse' .

Edited by Bridget--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

(a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.

(n.) The color of a roan horse; a roan color.

(n.) A roan horse.

(n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

Typist: Melville

Definition

adj. having a bay or dark colour with spots of gray and white: of a mixed colour with a decided shade of red.—n. a roan colour: a roan horse: grained sheepskin leather.

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