roan

[ rohn ]

/ roʊn /

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adjective

(chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.

prepared from leather of this color.

noun

a horse or other animal with a roan coat.

a roan color.

a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.

Origin of roan

1520–30; <Middle French <Old Spanish roano<Germanic; compare Gothic rauths red

Words nearby roan

roadway, roadwork, roadworks, roadworthy, roam, roan, Roanoke, Roanoke Island, Roanoke Rapids, roar, roaring

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Example sentences from the Web for roan

There was half an inch of roan whiskers coverin' me face, and me costume was a pair of blue overalls and a red shirt.
Cabbages and Kings|O. Henry
Flattening himself as best he could on Shawnee's back, he gave the roan the spur.
Ride Proud, Rebel!|Andre Alice Norton
It sounded like a fairy bugle call across the morning, and the roan was halted quickly at the forks of the road.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
His son trotted back beside him to the stable and played with a puppy while the roan was being fed.
The Sheriff's Son|William MacLeod Raine

To the north Roan falls from this point abruptly, and we had, like a map below us, the low country all the way into Virginia.
On Horseback|Charles Dudley Warner

British Dictionary definitions for roan

roan

/ (rəʊn) /

adjective

(of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs

noun

a horse having such a coat

a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc

Word Origin for roan

C16: from Old French, from Spanish roano, probably from Gothic rauths red

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	roan
释义	roan [ rohn ] / roʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR roan ON THESAURUS.COM adjective (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white. prepared from leather of this color. noun a horse or other animal with a roan coat. a roan color. a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco. Origin of roan 1520–30; <Middle French <Old Spanish roano<Germanic; compare Gothic rauths red Words nearby roan roadway, roadwork, roadworks, roadworthy, roam, roan, Roanoke, Roanoke Island, Roanoke Rapids, roar, roaring Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for roan There was half an inch of roan whiskers coverin' me face, and me costume was a pair of blue overalls and a red shirt. Cabbages and Kings\|O. Henry Flattening himself as best he could on Shawnee's back, he gave the roan the spur. Ride Proud, Rebel!\|Andre Alice Norton It sounded like a fairy bugle call across the morning, and the roan was halted quickly at the forks of the road. The Treasure Trail\|Marah Ellis Ryan His son trotted back beside him to the stable and played with a puppy while the roan was being fed. The Sheriff's Son\|William MacLeod Raine To the north Roan falls from this point abruptly, and we had, like a map below us, the low country all the way into Virginia. On Horseback\|Charles Dudley Warner British Dictionary definitions for roan roan / (rəʊn) / adjective (of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs noun a horse having such a coat a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc Word Origin for roan C16: from Old French, from Spanish roano, probably from Gothic rauths red Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to roan horse
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roan

adjective

noun

Origin of roan

Words nearby roan

Example sentences from the Web for roan

British Dictionary definitions for roan

adjective

noun

Word Origin for roan

Words related to roan