piebald horse
1piebald — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a horse) having irregular patches of two colours, typically black and white. ► NOUN ▪ a piebald horse. ORIGIN from pie in magpie + bald in the obsolete sense «streaked with white» …
2piebald — piebald, skewbald A piebald horse or other animal is one having irregular patches of two colours, especially black and white. A skewbald animal has irregular patches of white and another colour (other than black) …
3piebald — [pī′bôld΄] adj. [ PIE3 + BALD] covered with patches or spots of two colors, esp. with white and black n. a piebald horse or other animal …
4Piebald — A piebald is an animal, especially a horse, that has a spotting pattern of large white and black patches. The colour of the horse s skin underneath its coat is both black (under the black patches of hair) and pink (under the white patches). This… …
5piebald — adjective (of a horse) having irregular patches of two colours, typically black and white. noun a piebald horse. Origin C16: from pie2 (because of the magpie s black and white plumage) + bald (in the obs. sense streaked with white ) …
6piebald — pie|bald [ˈpaıbo:ld US bo:ld] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: pie magpie ( MAGPIE) + bald] a piebald animal has black and white areas on its body ▪ a piebald horse …
7horse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equine; stallion, mare, colt, filly, foal, gelding; steed, mount; trotter, pacer, hackney; nag, hack, pony, charger, courser; dobbin, jennet; cavalry; sawhorse; bronco, mustang, cayuse; Arab. See… …
8Piebald (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Piebald Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Andover Massachusetts United States Genre = Indie rock Alternative rock Emo Years active = 1994 ndash; 2008 Label = Side One Dummy… …
9Horse markings — These young horses, though all the same color, exhibit uniquely different markings, which can be used to identify individual horses …
10horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties …
