roan

Meanings

Adjective

• Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
• Made of the leather called roan.

Noun

• An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
• The color of such an animal.
• A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

Origin

• From Middle French roan, probably from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, itself probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽, accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃.