roans

Noun

roan (plural roans)

1. An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
   • I crawled my way into The Doom Saloon / In an attempt to cauterize my wounds / I did a terrible job and they became powerfully infected / I found myself atop a stolen roan / Quite convinced that I would never see home / And all on account of my lack of common manners / I prayed for courage, I...2015 October 2, Clutch, “A Quick Death in Texas”, in Psychic Warfare (Hard Rock, Stoner Rock), performed by Clutch, [United States]: Weathermaker Music, →OCLC
2. The color of such an animal.
3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
   • Roan, a kind of leather used for shoes, slippers, and common bookbinding; prepared from sheep skins by tanning with sumach.1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance, volume 2

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