claybank

[ kley-bangk ]

/ ˈkleɪˌbæŋk /

a dull yellow color; dun; brownish-yellow.

a horse of this color

Origin of claybank

First recorded in 1745–55; clay¹ + bank¹

She usually takes for her dwelling the tunnel of some Earthworm opening off a claybank.

Insect Adventures |J. Henri Fabre
Is de salvation train done stallded right in front o' Claybank chu'ch, an' we can't raise wheels ter sen' it on?

Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches |Ruth McEnery Stuart
Baroness Radziwill executed precise jumps on her claybank, her split skirt flapping gayly.

When the Owl Cries |Paul Bartlett
Fergus was at the other end of the room trying to break away from two maroons and a claybank girl.

Roads of Destiny |O. Henry

The boys got on very well with their packing until they came to the claybank horse which had given Moise so much trouble.

The Young Alaskans in the Rockies |Emerson Hough

claybank

/ (ˈkleɪˌbæŋk) /