roan

roan
/rohn/, adj.
1. (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
2. prepared from leather of this color.
n.
3. a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
4. a roan color.
5. a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.
[1520-30; < MF < OSp roano < Gmc; cf. Goth rauths red]

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