roan

(rōn)

adjective

of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs: said chiefly of horses

Origin: OFr < OSp roano < L ravidus, grayish < ravus, grayish-yellow, tawny

noun

noun

a soft, flexible sheepskin used in bookbinding, often treated to look like morocco

Origin: MScot, after ? Rouen

See roan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having a chestnut, bay, or sorrel coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray: a roan horse.

noun

a. The characteristic coloring of a roan horse.
b. A roan horse or other animal.
A soft flexible sheepskin leather, often treated to resemble morocco and used in bookbinding.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Old Spanish roano

Origin: , probably of Germanic origin

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