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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Roan

/(rōn)/ · IPA /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
01 a. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
  1. 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. 2.
    Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
Phrases & compounds
Roan antelope — 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.
02 n. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
  1. 1.
    The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
  2. 2.
    A roan horse.
  3. 3.
    A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
Phrases & compounds
Roan tree — See Rowan tree.