roan
[ rohn ]
/ roʊn /
adjective
(chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
prepared from leather of this color.
noun
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
a roan color.
a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.
Origin of roan
1520–30; < Middle French < Old Spanish
roano < Germanic; compare Gothic
rauths red
Words nearby roan
roadway,
roadwork,
roadworks,
roadworthy,
roam,
roan,
roanoke,
roanoke island,
roanoke rapids,
roar,
roar up
Example sentences from the Web for roan
British Dictionary definitions for roan
roan
/ (rəʊn) /
adjective
(of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs
noun
a horse having such a coat
a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc
Word Origin for roan
C16: from Old French, from Spanish
roano, probably from Gothic
rauths red