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Webster 1913 Edition
Roan
Roan
(rōn)
, Adj.
[F.
rouan
; cf. Sp. roano
, ruano
, It. rovano
, roano
.] 1.
Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; – said of a horse.
Give my
roan
a drench. Shakespeare
2.
Made of the leather called roan;
as,
. roan
bindingRoan antelope
(Zool.)
, a very large South African antelope (
Hippotragus equinus
). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya
, equine antelope
, and bastard gemsbok
.Roan
,Noun.
1.
The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
2.
A roan horse.
3.
A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
DeColange.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roan
ROAN
,Adj.
Definition 2024
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See also: Roan
English
Adjective
roan (not comparable)
- Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
- Made of the leather called roan.
- roan binding
Translations
having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
Noun
roan (plural roans)
- An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
- The color of such an animal.
- A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
- 1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance (volume 2)
- Roan, a kind of leather used for shoes, slippers, and common bookbinding; prepared from sheep skins by tanning with sumach.
- 1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance (volume 2)
Translations
animal
color
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