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piebald
[
pahy
-bawld
]
Origin
pie·bald
/
ˈpaɪˌbɔld
/
Show Spelled
[
pahy
-bawld
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
noun
2.
a piebald animal, especially a horse.
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Origin:
1580–90;
pie
2
(
see
pied
) +
bald
Related forms
pie·bald·ly,
adverb
pie·bald·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
dappled, mottled.
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piebald
(ˈpaɪˌbɔːld)
—
adj
1.
marked or spotted in two different colours, esp black and white:
a piebald horse
—
n
2.
a black-and-white pied horse
[C16:
pie
² +
bald
; see also
pied
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
piebald
"of two different colors," 1589, formed from
pie
(2) "magpie" + bald "spotted, white" (see
bald
), on analogy of the black-and-white plumage of the magpie. Hence, "of mixed character, mongrel." Technically only of black-and-white colorings.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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