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roached, a. Chiefly U.S.|rəʊtʃt|
[f. roach n.3 or v.]
1. Having an upward curve. Also Comb., as roached-backed adj.
1776New England Chron. 25 Jan. 3/3 (Advt.), Strayed or stolen..a sorrel horse..roach'd back, 3 white feet, [etc.]. 1844E. C. Watmough Scribblings & Sk. (ed. 2) 176, The two [horses] with roatched backs, and ears glued to their necks, were scrambling. a1890Dogs Gt. Brit. & Amer. 100 (Cent.), An arched loin is desirable, but not to the extent of being roached or ‘wheel-backed’, a defect which generally tends to slow up-and-down gallop. 1894‘Mark Twain’ in St. Nicholas Feb. 355/1 Roached-backed ones that he said was hyenas. 1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 56 Body [of Dandie Dinmont terrier] low-to-ground, roached-backed. 1955W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston i. 172 For a dog with a naturally roached spine, nothing can be done. 1979T. Gray Chihuahua (ed. 5) vii. 98 Another fault, a slightly roached back, will often level out by the time the puppy is three-parts grown.
2. Of hair (on a horse or person): brushed or cut in a roach. Hence, having hair dressed in this way. Also roached-up.
1790Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 13 Mar. 3/1 A Bay Horse, roached mane and a small switched tail. 1836Southern Lit. Messenger II. 303/1 The..fat, impudent pony, with roached main and bobtail. 1856P. Cartwright Autobiogr. xii. 141 This young man had a mighty bushy roached head of hair. 1891Appeal-Avalanche (Memphis) 26 Apr. 7/2 Strayed{ddd}one dark bay colt, roached mane and end of tail cut off. 1944Duncan & Nickols M. Graham 91 There were twenty-seven big, little, and middlin'-sized boys and girls, giggling and whispering about the master's roached, curly red hair. 1949‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher 268 If she wants to go 'round lookin' like an old roached-up mule, we don't care. |