piebaldadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪbɔːld/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪˌbɔld/,

/ˈpaɪˌbɑld/

Forms: 1500s pibauld, 1500s–1600s pibald, 1500s–1600s pybald, 1500s– piebald, 1600s pyball'd, 1600s pyebauld, 1600s pyedball, 1600s–1700s pye-ball'd, 1600s–1800s pyebald, 1600s–1800s pye-balled, 1700s– pyeball.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.¹, bald adj.

Etymology: < pie n.¹ + bald adj.With forms in -ball compare ball n.²

A. adj.

1. Chiefly derogatory. Composed of differing or incongruous parts; motley, mixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > of mixed composition or character

linsey-woolsey1565

mongrela1586

piebald1590

sundry1593

party per pale1607

mi-parti1610

hybridan1623

participle1694

ambigenal hyperbola1710

hybrida1716

mulish1729

hybridal1801

mulea1833

mixtiform1837

mongrelized1857

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 13 Leaue thrumming thy Pibauld Iestes with Scripture.

a1630 Faithful Friends (1975) i. i. 3 Millions..lavishd in excessive Sports, And pybald Pageantry.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 8 A Babylonish dialect, Which learned Pedants much affect. It was a particolour'd dress Of patch'd and pyball'd Languages.

1724 T. Salmon Impartial Exam. Bp. Burnet's Hist. Own Times I. 544 Long heavy pye-ball'd Discouses, intermix'd with Scraps and Sayings out of different Languages.

1764 C. Churchill Candidate 33 Shall hurl his piebald Latin at thy head.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 58 (note) To produce such a pyebald style of composition.

1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 27 In the piebald character of the man.

a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1916) xvi. 205 I want a scrubby, ornery,..back-woodsy, piebald gang, who never heard of finger bowls.

1994 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 52/1 The piebald administration of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

2. Of a horse or other animal: having black and white patches; pied; (more widely) having patches of other colours, particoloured (rare). Cf. skewbald adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]

fawa700

medleyc1350

freckledc1380

motleyc1380

pied1382

specked1382

vary1382

partyc1385

parted1393

peckleda1400

polymitec1425

sere-colouredc1425

vairc1425

discoloured?1440

motleyed1447

varying1488

sheld1507

fleckered1508

piet1508

mellay1515

particoloured1530

pickled1552

varied1578

mingled1580

partly coloured1582

chequered1592

medley-coloured1593

mingle-coloured1593

piebald1594

feathered1610

changeable1612

particolour1612

enamelled1613

variousa1618

pie-coloured1619

jaspered1620

gangean1623

versicolour1628

patchwork1634

damasked1648

variously-coloureda1660

variegateda1661

agated1665

varicoloured1665

damaska1674

various-coloureda1711

pieted1721

versicoloured1721

diversicoloured1756

mosaic1776

harlequin1779

spanged1788

calico1807

piety1811

varied-coloured1811

discolorate1826

heterochromous1842

jaspé1851

discolor1859

discolorous1860

jasperoid1876

damascened1879

heterochromatic1895

variotinted1903

batik1914

varihued1921

rumbled1930

damasky1931

pepper-and-salt1940

partihued1959

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > piebald

piebald1594

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > piebald

piebald1594

pinto1865

1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard i. xxviii. sig. Bij^v I haue a pie-bald Curre to hunt the Hare.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. x. 26 His colour is either a milke white, a yellow dun, a kiteglewd or a pyedball.

1676 London Gaz. No. 1135/4 A white Gelding..having pye-bald marks on both flanks of bluish colour.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 20 [At Naples]. Yesterday..shewed me what I knew not had existed—a skew-ball or pyeballed ass.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvi. 230 Piebald birds..for instance, the black-necked swan, certain terns, and the common magpie.

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xiv. 134 Thereupon the eagle changed into a piebald wolf and these two battled in the palace for a long time.

1913 H. J. Elwes Guide Primitive Breeds of Sheep 30 ‘Spanish’ or Piebald Sheep... These sheep are called by various names—‘Syrian’, ‘Persian’, [etc.].

2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 257 They'd find a caravan and drive it with a piebald pony to Cleggan.

3. In extended use: of two contrasting dark and pale colours.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours

hasweda1325

pied1382

black and white1395

blue and white1551

bauson1587

piebald1743

tortoiseshell1803

testudinarious1826

pepper-and-salta1843

tortoise1902

salt-and-pepper1915

pepper-and-salty1952

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) Sept. ix. 46 Those black Pepper Wheat Corns..make a Sack of Wheat look pye-bald.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiii. 264 Dusky woods piebald with snow.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 384 Mr Mulligan's smallclothes of a hodden grey which was now somewhat piebald.

1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Apr. 193/1 I have it planted in..well-drained soil beneath the piebald stems of a snow gum.

B. n.

A piebald horse. Also figurative.

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > dapple > piebald

pied1701

piebald1722

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > piebald

piebald1722

piet1756

paint1845

pinto1860

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture > of incongruous elements

participle?a1475

mongrel1582

centaur1606

mule1631

crossc1796

half-and-halfc1814

chimera1832

half-breed1846

hybrid1850

piebald1897

1722 W. Broome tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 3) IV. xvii. 85 The Soldiers cry'd out, Let Pye-ball loose, (this was the Name of that great Man's Horse).

1755 London Mag. Feb. 66/1 The beautiful pye-balls, which used to draw the heir apparent to the crown, were safely harnessed.

1817 H. C. B. Campbell Jrnl. 11 Sept. in Journey to Florence (1951) 80 The chariot had four beautifull pye balls driven by two postilions in livery.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 53 Strabo..had an idea that Spanish piebalds..changed colour if taken out of Spain.

1897 H. G. Wells Invisible Man iii That man's a piebald, Teddy. Black here and white there—in patches.

1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 41 At the first whack the piebald would go into a lope that would immediately degenerate into an irregular jogtrot and then into a walk.

1993 Western Horseman Apr. 11/3 We only have skewbalds and piebalds here.

Derivatives

† piebalding n. Obsolete the process of becoming piebald, the development of patches of different colours.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun]

variety1555

piedness1588

variegation1646

variegatedness1668

motleyness1819

chequering1847

mackereling1866

sparkiness1868

piebaldness1875

particolouring1880

piebaldism1881

piebalding1886

1886 G. J. Romanes in Life & Lett. (1896) III. 175 The young ones show no signs of piebalding.

† piebaldly adv. Obsolete in a piebald manner, with patches of different colours.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adverb]

piedly?1542

piebaldly1613

1613 T. Campion Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. A4^v A strawne hat, pibaldly drest with flowers.

ˈpiebaldness n. the quality or condition of being piebald.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun]

variety1555

piedness1588

variegation1646

variegatedness1668

motleyness1819

chequering1847

mackereling1866

sparkiness1868

piebaldness1875

particolouring1880

piebaldism1881

piebalding1886

1875 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 May 10/2 A chestnut, a bay, or a black must have the white extending over parts of the body before the charge of piebaldness can be sustained.

1990 G. Bear Queen of Angels (1991) i. i. 4 Dr. Sumpler had not warned her about such minor piebaldness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piebald
释义	piebaldadj.n. Brit. /ˈpʌɪbɔːld/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌbɔld/, /ˈpaɪˌbɑld/ Forms: 1500s pibauld, 1500s–1600s pibald, 1500s–1600s pybald, 1500s– piebald, 1600s pyball'd, 1600s pyebauld, 1600s pyedball, 1600s–1700s pye-ball'd, 1600s–1800s pyebald, 1600s–1800s pye-balled, 1700s– pyeball. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.¹, bald adj. Etymology: < pie n.¹ + bald adj.With forms in -ball compare ball n.² A. adj. 1. Chiefly derogatory. Composed of differing or incongruous parts; motley, mixed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > of mixed composition or character linsey-woolsey1565 mongrela1586 piebald1590 sundry1593 party per pale1607 mi-parti1610 hybridan1623 participle1694 ambigenal hyperbola1710 hybrida1716 mulish1729 hybridal1801 mulea1833 mixtiform1837 mongrelized1857 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 13 Leaue thrumming thy Pibauld Iestes with Scripture. a1630 Faithful Friends (1975) i. i. 3 Millions..lavishd in excessive Sports, And pybald Pageantry. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 8 A Babylonish dialect, Which learned Pedants much affect. It was a particolour'd dress Of patch'd and pyball'd Languages. 1724 T. Salmon Impartial Exam. Bp. Burnet's Hist. Own Times I. 544 Long heavy pye-ball'd Discouses, intermix'd with Scraps and Sayings out of different Languages. 1764 C. Churchill Candidate 33 Shall hurl his piebald Latin at thy head. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 58 (note) To produce such a pyebald style of composition. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 27 In the piebald character of the man. a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1916) xvi. 205 I want a scrubby, ornery,..back-woodsy, piebald gang, who never heard of finger bowls. 1994 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 52/1 The piebald administration of Bill and Hillary Clinton. 2. Of a horse or other animal: having black and white patches; pied; (more widely) having patches of other colours, particoloured (rare). Cf. skewbald adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] fawa700 medleyc1350 freckledc1380 motleyc1380 pied1382 specked1382 vary1382 partyc1385 parted1393 peckleda1400 polymitec1425 sere-colouredc1425 vairc1425 discoloured?1440 motleyed1447 varying1488 sheld1507 fleckered1508 piet1508 mellay1515 particoloured1530 pickled1552 varied1578 mingled1580 partly coloured1582 chequered1592 medley-coloured1593 mingle-coloured1593 piebald1594 feathered1610 changeable1612 particolour1612 enamelled1613 variousa1618 pie-coloured1619 jaspered1620 gangean1623 versicolour1628 patchwork1634 damasked1648 variously-coloureda1660 variegateda1661 agated1665 varicoloured1665 damaska1674 various-coloureda1711 pieted1721 versicoloured1721 diversicoloured1756 mosaic1776 harlequin1779 spanged1788 calico1807 piety1811 varied-coloured1811 discolorate1826 heterochromous1842 jaspé1851 discolor1859 discolorous1860 jasperoid1876 damascened1879 heterochromatic1895 variotinted1903 batik1914 varihued1921 rumbled1930 damasky1931 pepper-and-salt1940 partihued1959 the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > piebald piebald1594 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > piebald piebald1594 pinto1865 1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard i. xxviii. sig. Bij^v I haue a pie-bald Curre to hunt the Hare. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. x. 26 His colour is either a milke white, a yellow dun, a kiteglewd or a pyedball. 1676 London Gaz. No. 1135/4 A white Gelding..having pye-bald marks on both flanks of bluish colour. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 20 [At Naples]. Yesterday..shewed me what I knew not had existed—a skew-ball or pyeballed ass. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvi. 230 Piebald birds..for instance, the black-necked swan, certain terns, and the common magpie. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xiv. 134 Thereupon the eagle changed into a piebald wolf and these two battled in the palace for a long time. 1913 H. J. Elwes Guide Primitive Breeds of Sheep 30 ‘Spanish’ or Piebald Sheep... These sheep are called by various names—‘Syrian’, ‘Persian’, [etc.]. 2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 257 They'd find a caravan and drive it with a piebald pony to Cleggan. 3. In extended use: of two contrasting dark and pale colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours hasweda1325 pied1382 black and white1395 blue and white1551 bauson1587 piebald1743 tortoiseshell1803 testudinarious1826 pepper-and-salta1843 tortoise1902 salt-and-pepper1915 pepper-and-salty1952 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) Sept. ix. 46 Those black Pepper Wheat Corns..make a Sack of Wheat look pye-bald. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiii. 264 Dusky woods piebald with snow. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 384 Mr Mulligan's smallclothes of a hodden grey which was now somewhat piebald. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Apr. 193/1 I have it planted in..well-drained soil beneath the piebald stems of a snow gum. B. n. A piebald horse. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > dapple > piebald pied1701 piebald1722 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > piebald piebald1722 piet1756 paint1845 pinto1860 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture > of incongruous elements participle?a1475 mongrel1582 centaur1606 mule1631 crossc1796 half-and-halfc1814 chimera1832 half-breed1846 hybrid1850 piebald1897 1722 W. Broome tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 3) IV. xvii. 85 The Soldiers cry'd out, Let Pye-ball loose, (this was the Name of that great Man's Horse). 1755 London Mag. Feb. 66/1 The beautiful pye-balls, which used to draw the heir apparent to the crown, were safely harnessed. 1817 H. C. B. Campbell Jrnl. 11 Sept. in Journey to Florence (1951) 80 The chariot had four beautifull pye balls driven by two postilions in livery. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 53 Strabo..had an idea that Spanish piebalds..changed colour if taken out of Spain. 1897 H. G. Wells Invisible Man iii That man's a piebald, Teddy. Black here and white there—in patches. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 41 At the first whack the piebald would go into a lope that would immediately degenerate into an irregular jogtrot and then into a walk. 1993 Western Horseman Apr. 11/3 We only have skewbalds and piebalds here. Derivatives † piebalding n. Obsolete the process of becoming piebald, the development of patches of different colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] variety1555 piedness1588 variegation1646 variegatedness1668 motleyness1819 chequering1847 mackereling1866 sparkiness1868 piebaldness1875 particolouring1880 piebaldism1881 piebalding1886 1886 G. J. Romanes in Life & Lett. (1896) III. 175 The young ones show no signs of piebalding. † piebaldly adv. Obsolete in a piebald manner, with patches of different colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adverb] piedly?1542 piebaldly1613 1613 T. Campion Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. A4^v A strawne hat, pibaldly drest with flowers. ˈpiebaldness n. the quality or condition of being piebald. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] variety1555 piedness1588 variegation1646 variegatedness1668 motleyness1819 chequering1847 mackereling1866 sparkiness1868 piebaldness1875 particolouring1880 piebaldism1881 piebalding1886 1875 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 May 10/2 A chestnut, a bay, or a black must have the white extending over parts of the body before the charge of piebaldness can be sustained. 1990 G. Bear Queen of Angels (1991) i. i. 4 Dr. Sumpler had not warned her about such minor piebaldness. 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