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piebald

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pie⋅bald

  [pahy-bawld]
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–adjective
1. having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
–noun
2. a piebald animal, esp. a horse.
Origin:
1580–90; pie 2 (see pied ) + bald

Related forms:
piebaldly, adverb
piebaldness, noun

Synonyms:
1. dappled, mottled.
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pie·bald   (pī'bôld')   
adj.  Spotted or patched, especially in black and white: a piebald horse.
n.  A piebald animal, especially a horse.

[pie2 + bald.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth 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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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