Definitions for roanroʊn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
roanroʊn(adj.)
(chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
(n.)a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
Origin of roan:
1520–30; < MF (F rouan ) < Sp roano, of uncert. orig.
roanroʊn(n.)
a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.
(adj.)prepared with or bound in roan.
Origin of roan:
1810–20; of obscure orig.; relation, if any, with 16th cent., late ME rone “a kind of hide” is unclear
Princeton's WordNet
roan(noun)
a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
roan(adj)
a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
roan(adj)
(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
"a roan horse"
Wiktionary
roan(Noun)
an animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
roan(Noun)
the color of such an animal
roan(Adjective)
especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
Webster Dictionary
Roan(adj)
having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse
Roan(adj)
made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding
Roan(noun)
the color of a roan horse; a roan color
Roan(noun)
a roan horse
Roan(noun)
a kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco
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