roan

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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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. ADJ → ruano

B. N → caballo m ruano

roan [ˈrəʊn]

n → rouan(ne) m/f

adj [horse] → rouan(ne)

roan

adj horse → rötlich grau

n → Rotschimmel m

roan [rəʊn]

1. adj → roano/a

2. n (horse) → roano

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roan [rəʊn]

1. adj → roano/a

2. n (horse) → roano