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roan

[ rohn ]

adjective

  1. (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
  2. prepared from leather of this color.

noun

  1. a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
  2. a roan color.
  3. a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.

roan

/ rəʊn /

adjective

  1. (of a horse) having a bay ( red roan ), chestnut ( strawberry roan ), or black ( blue roan ) coat sprinkled with white hairs

noun

  1. a horse having such a coat
  2. a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roan1

1520–30; < Middle French < Old Spanish roano < Germanic; compare Gothic rauths red

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roan1

C16: from Old French, from Spanish roano , probably from Gothic rauths red

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