roan
roan¹
Definition
roan (rōn)
adjective
of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs: said chiefly of horses
Etymology: OFr < OSp roano < L ravidus, grayish < ravus, grayish-yellow, tawny
noun
- a roan color
- a roan horse or other animal
roan²
Definition
roan (rōn)
noun
a soft, flexible sheepskin used in bookbinding, often treated to look like morocco
Etymology: MScot, after ? Rouen
roan
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- antelope: Powerful sable and roan antelope roam the forests, while a growing elephant population is becoming more visible.
- mare: Email July 2006 To Share 2/3 days a week for Sienna; a 15.1hh roan mare aged 11yrs.
- gelding: This pure bred, gray roan, Arab gelding is owned and ridden by Miss Joanne Marsh and represented the South West of England.
- horse: Only one roan horse has won the Champion Hurdle, Anzio in 1962.
- cob: The roan cob had been brought up to the side door.
