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roan
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roan  (rn)
adj.
Having a chestnut, bay, or sorrel coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray: a roan horse.
n.
1.
a. The characteristic coloring of a roan horse.
b. A roan horse or other animal.
2. A soft flexible sheepskin leather, often treated to resemble morocco and used in bookbinding.

[Obsolete French, from Old French, from Old Spanish roano, probably of Germanic origin.]

roan [rəʊn]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a horse having such a coat
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc.
[from Old French, from Spanish roano, probably from Gothic rauths red]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.roan - a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
2.roan - a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Adj.1.roan - (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse"
colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
Translations
roan [rəʊn]
A. ADJruano
B. Ncaballo m ruano
roan [ˈrəʊn]
nrouan(ne) m/f
adj [horse] → rouan(ne)
roan
adj horserötlich grau
nRotschimmel m
roan [rəʊn]
1. adjroano/a
2. n (horse) → roano


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