skewbald

[ skyoo-bawld ]
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adjective
  1. (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.

noun
  1. a skewbald horse or pony.

Origin of skewbald

1
First recorded in 1645–55; skew + (pie)bald

Words Nearby skewbald

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How to use skewbald in a sentence

  • The dam, Tundra, was a yellow and white skewbald which had previously produced a light bay foal to a stallion of its own breed.

  • You're quite sure, Tommy, that—that stuff was—was only the skewbald's ear?'

    Life's Handicap | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for skewbald

skewbald

/ (ˈskjuːˌbɔːld) /


adjective
  1. marked or spotted in white and any colour except black

noun
  1. a horse with this marking

Origin of skewbald

1
C17: see skew, piebald

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