About The Word Roan
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Roan
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What's The Definition Of Roan?
[n] horse having a roan coat
[n] 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 gray; "a roan horse" Synonyms | Synonyms for Roan: colored | colorful | coloured | in color(p) Related Terms | Find terms related to Roan: See Also | Equus caballus | horse | leather Roan In Webster's Dictionary \Roan\, a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano,
roano.]
1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray
or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
Give my roan a drench. --Shak.
2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
{Roan antelope} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South African
antelope ({Hippotragus equinus}). It has long sharp horns
and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also {mahnya},
{equine antelope}, and {bastard gemsbok}.
\Roan\, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. 2. A roan horse. 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. --DeColange. {Roan tree}. (Bot.) See {Rowan tree}. |
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