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Roan

Roan Meaning & Definition
Roan Definition And Meaning

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)

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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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