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• Roan (color) — Roan is a coat color found in many animals, notably horses, cattle and dogs. It is defined generally as an even mixture of white and pigmented hairs that does not gray out or fade as the animal ages. roan , a . and n.1 Oxford English Dictionary.… …   Wikipedia

• Roan (horse) — For Roan in other animals, see Roan (color). Horses with roan coats have white hairs evenly intermingled throughout any other color. The head, legs, mane and tail have fewer scattered white hairs or none at all …   Wikipedia

• Chestnut Hill (novel series) — Chestnut Hill is a novel series written by Lauren Brooke. The author, more commonly known for writing the Heartland series. The first book in the series, The New Class, was published in August 2005. The series revolves around four girls who all… …   Wikipedia

• Roan — (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; said of a horse. [1913 Webster] Give my roan a drench. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Made of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Roan antelope — Roan Roan (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; said of a horse. [1913 Webster] Give my roan a drench. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• roan — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a horse or cow) having a bay, chestnut, or black coat thickly interspersed with hairs of another colour, typically white. ► NOUN ▪ a roan animal. ORIGIN Old French …   English terms dictionary

• Chestnut (coat) — For the callousity called a chestnut , see Chestnut (horse anatomy). A chestnut horse This copper red shade is sometimes also called Sorrel . Chestnut is a hair coat color of horses consisting of a reddish to brown coat with a mane and tail the… …   Wikipedia

• roan — 1. adj. & n. adj. (of an animal, esp. a horse or cow) having a coat of which the prevailing colour is thickly interspersed with hairs of another colour, esp. bay or sorrel or chestnut mixed with white or grey. n. a roan animal. Phrases and idioms …   Useful english dictionary

• roan — I [[t]roʊn[/t]] adj. 1) (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white 2) a horse or other animal with a roan coat • Etymology: 1520–30; < MF (Frouan) < Sp roano, of uncert. orig. II roan… …   From formal English to slang

• 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… …   Universalium

• roan — roan1 adjective denoting an animal, especially a horse or cow, having a coat of a main colour thickly interspersed with hairs of another colour, typically bay, chestnut, or black mixed with white. noun a roan animal. Origin C16: from OFr. roan2… …   English new terms dictionary