roann.¹

Brit.

/rəʊn/, U.S.

/roʊn/

Forms: Middle English–1500s rone, 1500s 1800s– roan; also Scottish pre-1700 rone, pre-1700 royne.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably the same word as roan n.²Compare the following earlier example, although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as showing the Middle English word, or an (apparently otherwise unrecorded) Anglo-Norman word, or simply the place name:1345–9 Wardrobe Acct. Edward III in Archaeologia (1846) 31 39 vj pelles de Roan.

Now chiefly historical.

A soft flexible leather prepared from sheepskin, used chiefly in bookbinding as a substitute for morocco. Cf. basan n.Apparently unrecorded between the late 16th cent. (in roan skin adj. at Compounds 2) and the late 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > downpipe(s)

roan1383

rone1750

fallpipe1846

downpipe1849

downspout1850

rainwater goods1897

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > materials > leather

roan1383

Turkey leather1655

sheep1705

Turkey1715

Russia1724

rough calf1730

law1738

mottled calf1857

pastegrain1880

Rutland1894

Cambridge calf1895

Niger morocco1898

Niger1946

1383 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 428 (MED) Item, in una bursa de rede rone una petra de sepulcro.

1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 103 (MED) De vj pursez de rone for women, xv d.

c1500 in R. G. Cant College St. Salvator (1950) 158 Ane manuell couerit with red rone.

1795 D. Macpherson in Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. I. Gloss. Rone (n) as I am informed by the dealers in leather, sheep skin dressed so as to appear like goat skin.]

1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 27 The back must have a piece of blue or red roan, thinly pared, pasted on.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 90 Roans are prepared much like the straight-grained morocco, but they..are much thinner.

1958 H. Comstock Conc. Encycl. Amer. Antiques 678 Sheepskins on bindings have a buckskin or suède look; they shred off easily, and are sometimes called Roan.

2001 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 5 May 50 Most often the books appear in printed wrappers, occasionally in boards with an inexpensive leather known as roan covering the spine.

Compounds

C1.

† roan-bound adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 221/1 ‘Roan-bound’ books..are often sprinkled with colour by the bookbinders after the leather has been attached to the boards.

C2.

† roan lanyard adj. Obsolete a thong made of roan.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > tie > thong, lace, or cord > leather > specific

roan lanyarda1550

a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) clxviii. l. 4598 A royne lanȝhare..And schare a thwayng at all laysere.

roan skin adj. (usually in plural) a piece of roan dressed and prepared for use (now historical); (as a mass noun) = main sense.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > skins of other animals

bear-hide?c1225

russwale1336

roan skin1446

rabbit skin1760

zebra skin1774

kangaroo-skin1777

rack1805

alligator1877

ocelot1903

crocodile1907

1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 102 (MED) De j rone skyn, j d.

1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 177 For one Rone skin.

1583 Bk. of Rates E j b Roan skinnes the dosen, xxx.k.

1846 Parl. Papers 46 83/1 Reeds or canes, the 100... Roan skins, the dozen [etc.].

1902 Pop. Mech. July 98/1 Cushions for the chair... may be made of art leather such as Spanish roan skin.

1999 Early Amer. Homes (Nexis) 1 Apr. 54 In 1808–1809 he bought..nine roan skins..from Joshua Pope.

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roann.²

Brit.

/rəʊn/, U.S.

/roʊn/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s rone, 1500s roane, 1500s– roan, 1800s rhone, 1800s rohan.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Roan, Rouen.

Etymology: < Roan, former (15th–18th cent.) variant of the name of Rouen (see Rouen n.). With sense 2 compare earlier Rowan n.²; compare also French rouen (1609), rouennerie (1799), Spanish ruan (second half of the 15th cent.). With senses 3, 5 compare Rouen n. 5. Compare earlier roan n.¹Compare earlier use of the place name in this form in an English context:1418 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 73 We haue leyd þe siege afore the cite of Roan.

I. Compounds.

†1. attributive. Designating a type of knife made in or associated with Rouen. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [adjective] > other types

roan1466

stripping1885

X-Acto1975

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [adjective]

roan1466

knifely1548

1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 364 (MED) Item, the same day my mastyr paid fore a rone daggre, viij s.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. c. iiii. Rone Knyves the standerde v. s... Knyves of collayne the groce [etc.].

2. Designating a kind of cloth, esp. a linen, made at Rouen, as roan cloth, roan linen, etc. Cf. Rowan n.². Now historical and rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > linen > types of

throwneOE

sindonc1500

roan1545

Holland1554

lawny1598

osnaburg1681

1545 Inventare Roger Palmer in M. Rylatt & M. A. Stokes Excavations Broadgate East 1974–5 (?1996) 18/1 Rone..bokerame 24 pyses and 20 yardes, £3 8s.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vestis Rotomagensis, Roan clothe.

1568 J. Hortop in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1600) II. 491 Our Generall gaue vnto euery one of vs sixe yards of Roane cloth.

1625 G. percy in S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. ii. 1685 Bringing vs..Roane Cloth..which they had gotten out of certaine Spanish ships that were cast away.

1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais vi. 26 With the Fleece of these [sheep] your fine Roan Cloth is to be made.

1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 578 Even cheaper than this is Roan fustian [in accounts of the 16th and 17th centuries].

1907 L. Williams Arts & Crafts Older Spain 122 Among the woven fabrics..are..ruan (Roan linen).

3. Roan duck now rare = Rouen duck n. at Rouen n. 3.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

Roan duck1763

wood-duck1777

Rouen1785

lady1792

stranger1792

Rouen duck1795

tree-duck1824

Labrador duck1834

hareld1841

whio1847

pink-eyed duck1848

penguin duck1850

topknot duck1850

Aylesbury1854

roan1854

pink-eye1861

Peking duck1874

runner1878

bluebill1884

Steller's (eider) (duck)1884

Peking1885

half-bird1893

torrent-duck1899

1763 F. Fawkes & W. Woty Poet. Cal. X. 38 A roan duck on the beach.

1869 Horticulturist 24 96/2 It is contended by poultry savants or cognoscenti that the name Rouen is a misnomer; that the proper name of this variety should be Roan Duck, as that is descriptive of the color of the male bird.

1924 J. H. Robinson Growing of Ducks & Geese 446 Roan duck: misnomer for Rouen.

†II. Simple uses.

4. Usually in plural. A length or quantity of roan cloth; (as a mass noun) this cloth. Obsolete (historical in later use).

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Holland1427

minsters1481

tregarc1610

roan1617

Strasbourg linen1635

quentin1688

garlits1696

Ghenting1699

platilla1699

Russia linen1728

Russia crash1831

Ruskin linen1890

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 134 These carry out of France great quantity of Linnen cloth, which we call white Roanes.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 35 I..shall come to Roans and Rasterns, but because there is not any allowed to come I shall pass it by.

1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 16 Nov. 3/1 Just imported... Double and single refined Sugar..ell wide Roans, several sorts of writing Paper [etc.].

1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 554 The most frequent foreign linen [in accounts of the 16th and 17th centuries] is Roan, which is I suppose Rouen stuff. It is generally a cheap article.

5. = Rouen duck n. at Rouen n. 3. Cf. sense 3. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

Roan duck1763

wood-duck1777

Rouen1785

lady1792

stranger1792

Rouen duck1795

tree-duck1824

Labrador duck1834

hareld1841

whio1847

pink-eyed duck1848

penguin duck1850

topknot duck1850

Aylesbury1854

roan1854

pink-eye1861

Peking duck1874

runner1878

bluebill1884

Steller's (eider) (duck)1884

Peking1885

half-bird1893

torrent-duck1899

1854 L. A. Meall Mowbray's Treat. Poultry 309 The Rouen variety [of duck] is known by several names—as Rhone,..Rohan,..and Roan.

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roann.³

Brit.

/rəʊn/, U.S.

/roʊn/, Scottish English

/ron/

Forms: 1600s– roane, 1600s– rone, 1700s– roan; also Scottish pre-1700 ron, pre-1700 rone, 1700s–1800s roen.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rown n.

Etymology: Variant of rown n. Compare earlier rawn n. and roe n.²

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

The roe of a fish.

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the world > animals > fish > [noun] > spawn

peasesa1398

rawna1425

rown1440

roec1450

kelka1475

spawn1491

roan1525

redd1547

pea1758

1525 in Excerpta Lib. Dom. Jas. V (Bannatyne Club) 7 ij ronis, lxxxiiij merlingis.

1525 in Excerpta Lib. Dom. Jas. V (Bannatyne Club) 8 j ron.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 115 With great abundance of red herrings and pickled herrings..and Botargo (as I thinke the rone of a fish).

1684 H. P. Satyr against Common-wealths vii. sig. C2^v Of an English Herring they make no bones, Their Commonwealth consists of Milts and Roanes.

a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 327^v Rone, the row in a female fish, which in males is calld the Milt.

1765 Ann. Reg. 138 An uncommon fish..; in the belly were two roes, or roans, each nine feet long.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 207/2 Roan, the roe of a fish.

1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 97 Don't ye like the soft roan? Why, it's the crame o' the mate!

Compounds

roan-fluke n. the turbot, Scophthalmus maximus; = rawn-fluke n. at rawn n. Compounds; cf. rown n. 2.

ΚΠ

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 12 Turbot (Pleuronectes maximus) here called roan fleuk.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 12 Rhombus maximus... Turbot, formerly spelt turbolt. Rod, Orkneys. Roddan or roan fleuk,..east coast of Scotland.

1902 J. Bickerdyke Pract.Lett. Sea Fishers xxviii. 266 The turbot (Rhombus maximus) is called on the east coast of Scotland conger-fluke, roan-fluke, and barn-cock.

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roanadj.n.⁴

Brit.

/rəʊn/, U.S.

/roʊn/

Forms: 1500s roen, 1500s roone, 1500s–1600s roane, 1500s–1600s rone, 1500s– roan, 1700s rhoan; English regional 1800s– rooan (northern), 1900s– roon (Worcestershire); also Scottish pre-1700 roweing, pre-1700 ruan.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roan.

Etymology: < Middle French roan, rouen (French rouan ), probably < Spanish roano , originally denoting red or reddish colour mixes (mid 12th cent. as roan ; compare post-classical Latin rodano (899), raudano (979; both in Spanish sources), of uncertain origin, probably < Gothic *raud- , stem of rauþs red adj. Compare Old Occitan rauane (11th cent.), Portuguese ruão (11th cent. as roudane , raudam ), and also ( < Spanish) Italian roano (beginning of the 16th cent. or earlier). Compare earlier roaned adj.An alternative derivation < an unattested post-classical Latin form *ravidanus < classical Latin ravus kind of mixed colour + -idus -id suffix¹ + -ānus -an suffix (discussed in Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at ravidus) poses semantic and phonological problems and is rejected in J. Corominas Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (1983) at roano. In senses A. 2 and B. 2 apparently partly (especially in later use) influenced by roan n.² 2, on account of the fact that Rouen cloth was frequently dyed in shades of red. Perhaps compare Dutch †roaensch variegated, multicoloured, also (of dyed cloth) ‘dark red’ (1599 in Kiliaan as two separate entries), Middle Low German rowansk (of dyed cloth) dark red, both apparently < either Middle French roan , rouen (as above) or a form of the name of Rouen (attested in Middle Low German as Rowān : see Rowan n.²) + the respective equivalents of -ish suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Of a horse: having a coat in which the prevailing colour (usually bay, sorrel, or chestnut) is thickly interspersed with white or grey, typically producing a dull red or reddish-grey. Also (and in earliest use) designating the overall colour itself. Cf. earlier roaned adj.Sometimes with distinguishing word, as black roan, blue roan, red roan, silver roan, strawberry roan, etc.: see also the first element.

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the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > having coat of specific kind > defined by colour

redOE

sorrel1469

roan1530

red roan1674

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 263/2 Roen colour of an horse, roven.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 107 Giue my roane horse a drench (sayes hee).

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 92 I rode that same time vpon a Roane gelding.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 50 How shall I answer Hue, and Cry For a Roan-Guelding, twelve hands high?

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 155/1 A Bay intermixt with white and gray; a Roan-colour.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4325/4 A white roan Mare at present, but when she sheds her Coat a black roan.

1775 Pennsylvania Gaz. 27 Sept. Strayed or stolen,..a large Strawberry Roan horse, between 15 and 16 hands high, strong and well built and of pretty good carriage.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 451/3 Mr. Robert Bonner has purchased the roan gelding Keene Jim, by Keen's Lookout.

1883 Times 28 May 5/3 Mr. John Robinson's silver roan mare Lady Silver.

1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxiii. 362 Near noontime they set out on their journey—Ebenezer riding an ancient roan mare of Captain Mitchell's.

1996 F. Chappell Farewell I'm bound to leave You (1997) 56 There will be a third person with them, mounted on a big roan horse.

2004 J. Brady in P. McNiff Stories from Small Town I. viii. 132 He was a roan colour, lovely horse.

b. Applied to other animals, as cows, etc.See also roan antelope n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1829 G. Coates Suppl. to Gen. Short-horned Herd-bk. 6 Albion [sc. a bull]... Got..by a Son of George Coate's Roan Cow.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 66 Broad green meads dotted with roan-and-white cattle.

1885 Athenæum 2 May 570/1 A female roan kangaroo (Macropus erubescens).

1905 W. E. Castle Heredity of Coat Characters in Guinea-pigs & Rabbits 14 In roan animals [sc. guinea-pigs] the white hairs are interspersed with red ones.

1919 A. A. Upham & G. A. Schmidt Introd. Agric. (rev. ed.) xxiii. 265 A roan color in cattle signifies the presence of Shorthorn blood.

1993 Dog World Feb. 57/1 The blue roan English Cocker Spaniel.

2008 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 Oct. 28 Roan heifers will be kept for herd replacements.

c. Of the hair of an animal or person: having the colour or characteristics of a roan; dull or pale red.

ΚΠ

1856 Spirit of Times 13 Sept. 367/1 A chestnut, with some roan hairs spread upon his flank.

1869 Farmer's Mag. June 554/2 A young roan bull-calf full of roan hair and good-looking.

1922 San Antonio (Texas) Evening News 11 Mar. 2/5 A gent with roan locks and strawberry blond complexion.

1973 E. Kelton Time it never Rained (1984) xviii. 328 He curried Wander so much it was fortunate the horse still had any roan hair left.

2003 D. Lindsey Rules of Silence (2004) 68 A busty woman,..plain with Scotch-Irish coloring, roan hair, and a sweet, blue-eyed smile.

2. In extended use, of a thing or its colour: dull or pale red. Now rare.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > yellowish-red

claret1547

roan1558

sherry-red1898

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

grizzlec1425

grizzled1458

roaned1477

roan1558

blue roan1687

rount1688

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 18 A Frier of S. Onofrey, that is to saie: of them that weare anhabit of Roan colour.

1776 Britannica Curiosa V. 220 It [sc. a castle] receives its name from the colour of the soil,..i.e. a roan colour, or pale red.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lv Her farthingale and hose [were] of the same material, but a glossy roan, or claret colour.

1882 F. Barrett Prodigal's Progress I. vii. 131 His grandmother with her mob-cap, her old-fashioned roan dress and black mittens.

1900 K. Vivaria tr. G. D'Annunzio Flame of Life 232 Dressed in a tawny garment that seemed made of the wonderful roan stuff used in ancient Venice.

1977 W. S. Merwin Compass Flower iv. 84 Birds are already asleep high on unlit roan cliffs.

B. n.⁴

a. A roan horse.

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

roan1566

blue roan1775

schimmel1848

1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. xviii. f. 13, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The other mad horse was a Roane of Mayster Asheleys.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 69 What horse, Roane..is it not?

a1652 A. Wilson Inconstant Lady (1814) ii. iv. 45 Sweet rone, Deare, beast, looke to thy feet.

1776 J. Mills Treat. Cattle 31 The roan is a mixture of red and white, or of white, a dull grey, and a bay.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 52 As quaint a four-in-hand As you shall see—three pyebalds and a roan.

1877 G. Nevile Horses xv. 106 Black and bay-roans mean roan horses with black or bay heads and legs.

1910 Biol. Bull. 19 214 Many of the roans of to-day go back to the old roan race-mare Lady Franklin.

1983 L. R. Miller & K. Gilman Horses at Work 183 (caption) The roan on the right is a stallion.

2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try xiii. 154 Two lumpish sorrels and a swayback blue roan were slurping at a metal trough.

b. A roan cow, ox, bull, etc.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > colour or markings > animal defined by

sheet-cow1772

roan1789

1724 Wyfe of Auchtermuchty ix, in A. Ramsay Ever Green I. 140 Than by came an illwilly Roan, And brodit his Buttoks till they bled.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 148 The Carinthian bulls..are almost all blue roans.

1881 Austral. Grazier's Guide (S. W. Silver & Co.) II. ix. 48 The beautiful roans, reds and whites, chiefly shorthorn crosses, rolling fat..were most gratifying to remark.

1965 F. Gerrard Macgregor's Struct. Meat Animals (ed. 2) x. 194 The farmer who is breeding scurred roans must be prepared to discard three-quarters of his calves.

2005 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 104 The schedule for the Elders sales is now 2000 blacks..followed by 2200 Herefords and roans.

c. = roan antelope n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Hippotragus > Hippotragus equinus (roan antelope)

roan antelope1827

roan1895

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vii. 158 A pan under the mountain where many roans,..and some giraffes drank.

1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari vi. 111 It's unbelievable! They're there in thousands! Zebra, wildebeest, roan!

2001 Trav. Afr. Winter 16/1 A variety of antelope, from the handsome Buffon's kob and roan to the dainty oribi and brightly coloured Red-flanked duiker.

2. Roan colour (in a horse, etc.: see sense A. 1); (in extended use) dull or pale red (cf. senses A. 2, A. 1c).red roan: see red roan n. 2.

ΚΠ

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116 The best colours..are these, the rone, the white lyard, the bay.

1780 S. Pegge Forme of Cury (Gloss.) 130 Rouen in Fr. signifies the colour we call roan.

1863 Sat. Rev. 23 May 687 He is light roan in colour, and has a coach-horse look about him.

1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 22 Wool-belted in Bronze, Ebony, Cypress, Graphite, Greige, Roan and African Violet.

1994 Dog World June 54/3 Roan: A fine mixture of colored hairs with white hairs; blue roan, orange roan, lemon roan, etc.

Compounds

C1.

roan-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) 136 By how much the Horse groweth older, so his..haire [grows] gray, that especially of Bay, Blacke, and Roane coloured.

1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. at Colour of an horse The fallow and roan coloured [horses] are many of them both good and beautiful.

1846 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (new ed.) Legendary Div. II. 232 They entered the town..mounted on roan coloured horses.

1922 G. B. Gue Neutral Ground p. iii A handsome young man, mounted on a powerful and spirited roan-colored horse.

2004 T. Flannery Country vii. 74 All we saw in the hills were roan-coloured euros.

C2.

roan antelope n. a large African antelope, Hippotragus equinus, which has black-and-white facial markings, a mane of stiff hair, and large backwardly curving horns; cf. sense B. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

roan antelope1827

roan1895

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 177 The Roan Antelope. (A. Equina). This species exceeding the former by five or six inches.

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 127 The roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) at one time ranged from Cape Colony up to Central Africa.

1970 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 16 Jan. 13/1 Going south along the lake is the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve, small and still undeveloped, but possessing the rare Roan Antelope.

2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 3/2 Bushmen use hand signals to indicate an animal they have spotted. An illustration of the signal to show a Roan antelope appears at the end of every feature article.

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n.¹1383

n.²1466

n.³1525

adj.n.⁴1530

单词	roan
释义	roann.¹ Brit. /rəʊn/, U.S. /roʊn/ Forms: Middle English–1500s rone, 1500s 1800s– roan; also Scottish pre-1700 rone, pre-1700 royne. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably the same word as roan n.²Compare the following earlier example, although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as showing the Middle English word, or an (apparently otherwise unrecorded) Anglo-Norman word, or simply the place name:1345–9 Wardrobe Acct. Edward III in Archaeologia (1846) 31 39 vj pelles de Roan. Now chiefly historical. A soft flexible leather prepared from sheepskin, used chiefly in bookbinding as a substitute for morocco. Cf. basan n.Apparently unrecorded between the late 16th cent. (in roan skin adj. at Compounds 2) and the late 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > downpipe(s) roan1383 rone1750 fallpipe1846 downpipe1849 downspout1850 rainwater goods1897 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > materials > leather roan1383 Turkey leather1655 sheep1705 Turkey1715 Russia1724 rough calf1730 law1738 mottled calf1857 pastegrain1880 Rutland1894 Cambridge calf1895 Niger morocco1898 Niger1946 1383 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 428 (MED) Item, in una bursa de rede rone una petra de sepulcro. 1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 103 (MED) De vj pursez de rone for women, xv d. c1500 in R. G. Cant College St. Salvator (1950) 158 Ane manuell couerit with red rone. 1795 D. Macpherson in Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. I. Gloss. Rone (n) as I am informed by the dealers in leather, sheep skin dressed so as to appear like goat skin.] 1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 27 The back must have a piece of blue or red roan, thinly pared, pasted on. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 90 Roans are prepared much like the straight-grained morocco, but they..are much thinner. 1958 H. Comstock Conc. Encycl. Amer. Antiques 678 Sheepskins on bindings have a buckskin or suède look; they shred off easily, and are sometimes called Roan. 2001 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 5 May 50 Most often the books appear in printed wrappers, occasionally in boards with an inexpensive leather known as roan covering the spine. Compounds C1. † roan-bound adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 221/1 ‘Roan-bound’ books..are often sprinkled with colour by the bookbinders after the leather has been attached to the boards. C2. † roan lanyard adj. Obsolete a thong made of roan. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > tie > thong, lace, or cord > leather > specific roan lanyarda1550 a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) clxviii. l. 4598 A royne lanȝhare..And schare a thwayng at all laysere. roan skin adj. (usually in plural) a piece of roan dressed and prepared for use (now historical); (as a mass noun) = main sense. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > skins of other animals bear-hide?c1225 russwale1336 roan skin1446 rabbit skin1760 zebra skin1774 kangaroo-skin1777 rack1805 alligator1877 ocelot1903 crocodile1907 1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 102 (MED) De j rone skyn, j d. 1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 177 For one Rone skin. 1583 Bk. of Rates E j b Roan skinnes the dosen, xxx.k. 1846 Parl. Papers 46 83/1 Reeds or canes, the 100... Roan skins, the dozen [etc.]. 1902 Pop. Mech. July 98/1 Cushions for the chair... may be made of art leather such as Spanish roan skin. 1999 Early Amer. Homes (Nexis) 1 Apr. 54 In 1808–1809 he bought..nine roan skins..from Joshua Pope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roann.² Brit. /rəʊn/, U.S. /roʊn/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s rone, 1500s roane, 1500s– roan, 1800s rhone, 1800s rohan. Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Roan, Rouen. Etymology: < Roan, former (15th–18th cent.) variant of the name of Rouen (see Rouen n.). With sense 2 compare earlier Rowan n.²; compare also French rouen (1609), rouennerie (1799), Spanish ruan (second half of the 15th cent.). With senses 3, 5 compare Rouen n. 5. Compare earlier roan n.¹Compare earlier use of the place name in this form in an English context:1418 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 73 We haue leyd þe siege afore the cite of Roan. I. Compounds. †1. attributive. Designating a type of knife made in or associated with Rouen. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [adjective] > other types roan1466 stripping1885 X-Acto1975 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [adjective] roan1466 knifely1548 1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 364 (MED) Item, the same day my mastyr paid fore a rone daggre, viij s. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. c. iiii. Rone Knyves the standerde v. s... Knyves of collayne the groce [etc.]. 2. Designating a kind of cloth, esp. a linen, made at Rouen, as roan cloth, roan linen, etc. Cf. Rowan n.². Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > linen > types of throwneOE sindonc1500 roan1545 Holland1554 lawny1598 osnaburg1681 1545 Inventare Roger Palmer in M. Rylatt & M. A. Stokes Excavations Broadgate East 1974–5 (?1996) 18/1 Rone..bokerame 24 pyses and 20 yardes, £3 8s. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vestis Rotomagensis, Roan clothe. 1568 J. Hortop in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1600) II. 491 Our Generall gaue vnto euery one of vs sixe yards of Roane cloth. 1625 G. percy in S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. ii. 1685 Bringing vs..Roane Cloth..which they had gotten out of certaine Spanish ships that were cast away. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais vi. 26 With the Fleece of these [sheep] your fine Roan Cloth is to be made. 1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 578 Even cheaper than this is Roan fustian [in accounts of the 16th and 17th centuries]. 1907 L. Williams Arts & Crafts Older Spain 122 Among the woven fabrics..are..ruan (Roan linen). 3. Roan duck now rare = Rouen duck n. at Rouen n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1763 F. Fawkes & W. Woty Poet. Cal. X. 38 A roan duck on the beach. 1869 Horticulturist 24 96/2 It is contended by poultry savants or cognoscenti that the name Rouen is a misnomer; that the proper name of this variety should be Roan Duck, as that is descriptive of the color of the male bird. 1924 J. H. Robinson Growing of Ducks & Geese 446 Roan duck: misnomer for Rouen. †II. Simple uses. 4. Usually in plural. A length or quantity of roan cloth; (as a mass noun) this cloth. Obsolete (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > from specific place of origin Holland1427 minsters1481 tregarc1610 roan1617 Strasbourg linen1635 quentin1688 garlits1696 Ghenting1699 platilla1699 Russia linen1728 Russia crash1831 Ruskin linen1890 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 134 These carry out of France great quantity of Linnen cloth, which we call white Roanes. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 35 I..shall come to Roans and Rasterns, but because there is not any allowed to come I shall pass it by. 1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 16 Nov. 3/1 Just imported... Double and single refined Sugar..ell wide Roans, several sorts of writing Paper [etc.]. 1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 554 The most frequent foreign linen [in accounts of the 16th and 17th centuries] is Roan, which is I suppose Rouen stuff. It is generally a cheap article. 5. = Rouen duck n. at Rouen n. 3. Cf. sense 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1854 L. A. Meall Mowbray's Treat. Poultry 309 The Rouen variety [of duck] is known by several names—as Rhone,..Rohan,..and Roan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roann.³ Brit. /rəʊn/, U.S. /roʊn/, Scottish English /ron/ Forms: 1600s– roane, 1600s– rone, 1700s– roan; also Scottish pre-1700 ron, pre-1700 rone, 1700s–1800s roen. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rown n. Etymology: Variant of rown n. Compare earlier rawn n. and roe n.² Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). The roe of a fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > spawn peasesa1398 rawna1425 rown1440 roec1450 kelka1475 spawn1491 roan1525 redd1547 pea1758 1525 in Excerpta Lib. Dom. Jas. V (Bannatyne Club) 7 ij ronis, lxxxiiij merlingis. 1525 in Excerpta Lib. Dom. Jas. V (Bannatyne Club) 8 j ron. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 115 With great abundance of red herrings and pickled herrings..and Botargo (as I thinke the rone of a fish). 1684 H. P. Satyr against Common-wealths vii. sig. C2^v Of an English Herring they make no bones, Their Commonwealth consists of Milts and Roanes. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 327^v Rone, the row in a female fish, which in males is calld the Milt. 1765 Ann. Reg. 138 An uncommon fish..; in the belly were two roes, or roans, each nine feet long. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 207/2 Roan, the roe of a fish. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 97 Don't ye like the soft roan? Why, it's the crame o' the mate! Compounds roan-fluke n. the turbot, Scophthalmus maximus; = rawn-fluke n. at rawn n. Compounds; cf. rown n. 2. ΚΠ 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 12 Turbot (Pleuronectes maximus) here called roan fleuk. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 12 Rhombus maximus... Turbot, formerly spelt turbolt. Rod, Orkneys. Roddan or roan fleuk,..east coast of Scotland. 1902 J. Bickerdyke Pract.Lett. Sea Fishers xxviii. 266 The turbot (Rhombus maximus) is called on the east coast of Scotland conger-fluke, roan-fluke, and barn-cock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roanadj.n.⁴ Brit. /rəʊn/, U.S. /roʊn/ Forms: 1500s roen, 1500s roone, 1500s–1600s roane, 1500s–1600s rone, 1500s– roan, 1700s rhoan; English regional 1800s– rooan (northern), 1900s– roon (Worcestershire); also Scottish pre-1700 roweing, pre-1700 ruan. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roan. Etymology: < Middle French roan, rouen (French rouan ), probably < Spanish roano , originally denoting red or reddish colour mixes (mid 12th cent. as roan ; compare post-classical Latin rodano (899), raudano (979; both in Spanish sources), of uncertain origin, probably < Gothic raud- , stem of rauþs* red adj. Compare Old Occitan rauane (11th cent.), Portuguese ruão (11th cent. as roudane , raudam ), and also ( < Spanish) Italian roano (beginning of the 16th cent. or earlier). Compare earlier roaned adj.An alternative derivation < an unattested post-classical Latin form ravidanus < classical Latin ravus* kind of mixed colour + -idus -id suffix¹ + -ānus -an suffix (discussed in Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at ravidus) poses semantic and phonological problems and is rejected in J. Corominas Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (1983) at roano. In senses A. 2 and B. 2 apparently partly (especially in later use) influenced by roan n.² 2, on account of the fact that Rouen cloth was frequently dyed in shades of red. Perhaps compare Dutch †roaensch variegated, multicoloured, also (of dyed cloth) ‘dark red’ (1599 in Kiliaan as two separate entries), Middle Low German rowansk (of dyed cloth) dark red, both apparently < either Middle French roan , rouen (as above) or a form of the name of Rouen (attested in Middle Low German as Rowān : see Rowan n.²) + the respective equivalents of -ish suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Of a horse: having a coat in which the prevailing colour (usually bay, sorrel, or chestnut) is thickly interspersed with white or grey, typically producing a dull red or reddish-grey. Also (and in earliest use) designating the overall colour itself. Cf. earlier roaned adj.Sometimes with distinguishing word, as black roan, blue roan, red roan, silver roan, strawberry roan, etc.: see also the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > having coat of specific kind > defined by colour redOE sorrel1469 roan1530 red roan1674 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 263/2 Roen colour of an horse, roven. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 107 Giue my roane horse a drench (sayes hee). View more context for this quotation 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 92 I rode that same time vpon a Roane gelding. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 50 How shall I answer Hue, and Cry For a Roan-Guelding, twelve hands high? 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 155/1 A Bay intermixt with white and gray; a Roan-colour. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4325/4 A white roan Mare at present, but when she sheds her Coat a black roan. 1775 Pennsylvania Gaz. 27 Sept. Strayed or stolen,..a large Strawberry Roan horse, between 15 and 16 hands high, strong and well built and of pretty good carriage. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 451/3 Mr. Robert Bonner has purchased the roan gelding Keene Jim, by Keen's Lookout. 1883 Times 28 May 5/3 Mr. John Robinson's silver roan mare Lady Silver. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxiii. 362 Near noontime they set out on their journey—Ebenezer riding an ancient roan mare of Captain Mitchell's. 1996 F. Chappell Farewell I'm bound to leave You (1997) 56 There will be a third person with them, mounted on a big roan horse. 2004 J. Brady in P. McNiff Stories from Small Town I. viii. 132 He was a roan colour, lovely horse. b. Applied to other animals, as cows, etc.See also roan antelope n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1829 G. Coates Suppl. to Gen. Short-horned Herd-bk. 6 Albion [sc. a bull]... Got..by a Son of George Coate's Roan Cow. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 66 Broad green meads dotted with roan-and-white cattle. 1885 Athenæum 2 May 570/1 A female roan kangaroo (Macropus erubescens). 1905 W. E. Castle Heredity of Coat Characters in Guinea-pigs & Rabbits 14 In roan animals [sc. guinea-pigs] the white hairs are interspersed with red ones. 1919 A. A. Upham & G. A. Schmidt Introd. Agric. (rev. ed.) xxiii. 265 A roan color in cattle signifies the presence of Shorthorn blood. 1993 Dog World Feb. 57/1 The blue roan English Cocker Spaniel. 2008 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 Oct. 28 Roan heifers will be kept for herd replacements. c. Of the hair of an animal or person: having the colour or characteristics of a roan; dull or pale red. ΚΠ 1856 Spirit of Times 13 Sept. 367/1 A chestnut, with some roan hairs spread upon his flank. 1869 Farmer's Mag. June 554/2 A young roan bull-calf full of roan hair and good-looking. 1922 San Antonio (Texas) Evening News 11 Mar. 2/5 A gent with roan locks and strawberry blond complexion. 1973 E. Kelton Time it never Rained (1984) xviii. 328 He curried Wander so much it was fortunate the horse still had any roan hair left. 2003 D. Lindsey Rules of Silence (2004) 68 A busty woman,..plain with Scotch-Irish coloring, roan hair, and a sweet, blue-eyed smile. 2. In extended use, of a thing or its colour: dull or pale red. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > yellowish-red claret1547 roan1558 sherry-red1898 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > roan grizzlec1425 grizzled1458 roaned1477 roan1558 blue roan1687 rount1688 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 18 A Frier of S. Onofrey, that is to saie: of them that weare anhabit of Roan colour. 1776 Britannica Curiosa V. 220 It [sc. a castle] receives its name from the colour of the soil,..i.e. a roan colour, or pale red. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lv Her farthingale and hose [were] of the same material, but a glossy roan, or claret colour. 1882 F. Barrett Prodigal's Progress I. vii. 131 His grandmother with her mob-cap, her old-fashioned roan dress and black mittens. 1900 K. Vivaria tr. G. D'Annunzio Flame of Life 232 Dressed in a tawny garment that seemed made of the wonderful roan stuff used in ancient Venice. 1977 W. S. Merwin Compass Flower iv. 84 Birds are already asleep high on unlit roan cliffs. B. n.⁴ 1. a. A roan horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > roan horse roan1566 blue roan1775 schimmel1848 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. xviii. f. 13, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The other mad horse was a Roane of Mayster Asheleys. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 69 What horse, Roane..is it not? View more context for this quotation a1652 A. Wilson Inconstant Lady (1814) ii. iv. 45 Sweet rone, Deare, beast, looke to thy feet. 1776 J. Mills Treat. Cattle 31 The roan is a mixture of red and white, or of white, a dull grey, and a bay. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 52 As quaint a four-in-hand As you shall see—three pyebalds and a roan. 1877 G. Nevile Horses xv. 106 Black and bay-roans mean roan horses with black or bay heads and legs. 1910 Biol. Bull. 19 214 Many of the roans of to-day go back to the old roan race-mare Lady Franklin. 1983 L. R. Miller & K. Gilman Horses at Work 183 (caption) The roan on the right is a stallion. 2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try xiii. 154 Two lumpish sorrels and a swayback blue roan were slurping at a metal trough. b. A roan cow, ox, bull, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > colour or markings > animal defined by sheet-cow1772 roan1789 1724 Wyfe of Auchtermuchty ix, in A. Ramsay Ever Green I. 140 Than by came an illwilly Roan, And brodit his Buttoks till they bled. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 148 The Carinthian bulls..are almost all blue roans. 1881 Austral. Grazier's Guide (S. W. Silver & Co.) II. ix. 48 The beautiful roans, reds and whites, chiefly shorthorn crosses, rolling fat..were most gratifying to remark. 1965 F. Gerrard Macgregor's Struct. Meat Animals (ed. 2) x. 194 The farmer who is breeding scurred roans must be prepared to discard three-quarters of his calves. 2005 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 104 The schedule for the Elders sales is now 2000 blacks..followed by 2200 Herefords and roans. c. = roan antelope n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Hippotragus > Hippotragus equinus (roan antelope) roan antelope1827 roan1895 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vii. 158 A pan under the mountain where many roans,..and some giraffes drank. 1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari vi. 111 It's unbelievable! They're there in thousands! Zebra, wildebeest, roan! 2001 Trav. Afr. Winter 16/1 A variety of antelope, from the handsome Buffon's kob and roan to the dainty oribi and brightly coloured Red-flanked duiker. 2. Roan colour (in a horse, etc.: see sense A. 1); (in extended use) dull or pale red (cf. senses A. 2, A. 1c).red roan: see red roan n. 2. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116 The best colours..are these, the rone, the white lyard, the bay. 1780 S. Pegge Forme of Cury (Gloss.) 130 Rouen in Fr. signifies the colour we call roan. 1863 Sat. Rev. 23 May 687 He is light roan in colour, and has a coach-horse look about him. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 22 Wool-belted in Bronze, Ebony, Cypress, Graphite, Greige, Roan and African Violet. 1994 Dog World June 54/3 Roan: A fine mixture of colored hairs with white hairs; blue roan, orange roan, lemon roan, etc. Compounds C1. roan-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) 136 By how much the Horse groweth older, so his..haire [grows] gray, that especially of Bay, Blacke, and Roane coloured. 1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. at Colour of an horse The fallow and roan coloured [horses] are many of them both good and beautiful. 1846 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (new ed.) Legendary Div. II. 232 They entered the town..mounted on roan coloured horses. 1922 G. B. Gue Neutral Ground p. iii A handsome young man, mounted on a powerful and spirited roan-colored horse. 2004 T. Flannery Country vii. 74 All we saw in the hills were roan-coloured euros. C2. roan antelope n. a large African antelope, Hippotragus equinus, which has black-and-white facial markings, a mane of stiff hair, and large backwardly curving horns; cf. sense B. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Hippotragus > Hippotragus equinus (roan antelope) roan antelope1827 roan1895 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 177 The Roan Antelope. (A. Equina). This species exceeding the former by five or six inches. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 127 The roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) at one time ranged from Cape Colony up to Central Africa. 1970 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 16 Jan. 13/1 Going south along the lake is the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve, small and still undeveloped, but possessing the rare Roan Antelope. 2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 3/2 Bushmen use hand signals to indicate an animal they have spotted. An illustration of the signal to show a Roan antelope appears at the end of every feature article. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1383n.²1466n.³1525adj.n.⁴1530
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