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单词 skewbald
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Definition of skewbald in English:

skewbald

adjective ˈskjuːbɔːldˈskjubɔld
  • (of an animal) having irregular patches of white and another colour (properly not black).

    Compare with piebald
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She slipped through the gate back into the village and soon found her skewbald horse.
    • He was a handsome 10-year-old skewbald native cross called Gaffer.
    • Bee was a skewbald Arab with long slender legs and a beautiful face.
    • The performance that struck me however was that of his horse, Hidalgo, the skewbald mustang.
    Synonyms
    speckled, blotched, blotchy, spotted, spotty, dotted, streaked, streaky, mottled, marbled, flecked, freckled, stippled, piebald, pied, brindled, brindle, tabby, marled
noun ˈskjuːbɔːldˈskjubɔld
  • A skewbald animal, especially a horse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Piebalds, skewbalds and plain foxy ponies were fetching from 1,000 upwards and donkeys were also in demand, with good class mares reported to be also making 1,000 and more.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from obsolete skewed 'skewbald' (of uncertain origin), on the pattern of piebald.

 
 

Definition of skewbald in US English:

skewbald

adjectiveˈskyo͞obôldˈskjubɔld
  • (of an animal) with irregular patches of white and another color (properly not black).

    Compare with piebald
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a handsome 10-year-old skewbald native cross called Gaffer.
    • She slipped through the gate back into the village and soon found her skewbald horse.
    • Bee was a skewbald Arab with long slender legs and a beautiful face.
    • The performance that struck me however was that of his horse, Hidalgo, the skewbald mustang.
    Synonyms
    speckled, blotched, blotchy, spotted, spotty, dotted, streaked, streaky, mottled, marbled, flecked, freckled, stippled, piebald, pied, brindled, brindle, tabby, marled
nounˈskyo͞obôldˈskjubɔld
  • A skewbald animal, especially a horse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Piebalds, skewbalds and plain foxy ponies were fetching from 1,000 upwards and donkeys were also in demand, with good class mares reported to be also making 1,000 and more.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from obsolete skewed ‘skewbald’ (of uncertain origin), on the pattern of piebald.

 
 
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