piebald
having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
a piebald animal, especially a horse.
Origin of piebald
1Other words for piebald
Other words from piebald
- piebaldly, adverb
- piebaldness, noun
Words Nearby piebald
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How to use piebald in a sentence
To nobody else in that company was the pretty, piebald pony worth even half so much money.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondThey saw a number of ponies tied at one end of the camp, and among them they identified the piebald and the roan.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell GregorYou may wish on a row of empty barrels, or on a piebald horse, but you must not look on the object a second time.
Current Superstitions | VariousThe piebald sniffed at the honeycomb, then jerked up its head to watch him suspiciously.
The Piebald Hippogriff | Karen AndersonWhen he threw another bit, the piebald hippogriff wheeled away, but returned almost at once and ate it.
The Piebald Hippogriff | Karen Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for piebald
/ (ˈpaɪˌbɔːld) /
marked or spotted in two different colours, esp black and white: a piebald horse
a black-and-white pied horse
Origin of piebald
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