About The Word Piebald
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Piebald
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What's The Definition Of Piebald?
[adj] having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert,"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Piebald: colored | colorful | coloured | in color(p) | motley | multicolor | multicolored | multicolour | multicoloured | painted | particolored | particoloured | pied | varicolored | varicoloured Related Terms | Find terms related to Piebald: bay | bayard | buckskin | calico | calico pony | chestnut | clouded | dapple | dappled | dapple-gray | dun | gray | grizzle | marbled | motley | mottled | paint | painted pony | pepper-and-salt | pied | pinto | roan | skewbald | sorrel See Also | Piebald In Webster's Dictionary \Pie"bald`\, a. [Pie the party-colored bird + bald.]
1. Having spots and patches of black and white, or other
colors; mottled; pied. ``A piebald steed of Thracian
strain.'' --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Mixed. ``Piebald languages.'' --Hudibras.
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