Definitions for: Roan

[n] horse having a roan coat
[n] a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
[adj] (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray; "a roan horse"

Webster (1913) Definition: Roan, a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano,
roano.]
1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray
or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

Give my roan a drench. --Shak.

2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.

Roan antelope (Zo["o]l.), a very large South African
antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns
and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya,
equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.

Roan, n.
1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.

2. A roan horse.

3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc.,
made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to
imitate ungrained morocco. --DeColange.

Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.

Synonyms: colored, colorful, coloured, in color(p)

See Also: Equus caballus, horse, leather

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