animal black

American  

noun

1. any of various black pigments, as boneblack or ivory black, obtained from calcined animal matter.

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Etymology

Origin of animal black

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

At sunset she went out and saddled the horse he had given her as a wedding-present, Diamond, a powerful animal, black save for a white mark on his head from which he derived his name.

From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

His horse, 'Paul Revere,' is a magnificent animal, black as a raven, with the exception of four white feet.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon

His horse, Paul Revere, is a magnificent animal, black as a raven, with the exception of four white feet.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

This was demonstrated the day he first met the great ant-eater—a curious animal, black, with white stripes on its shoulders, and fully as large as Suma, his mother.

From The Black Phantom by Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward)

It was customary to paint the man red and the animal black, and each was suspended from one end of the crossbar which was securely tied some two feet from the top of the pole.

From The Soul of the Indian by Eastman, Charles Alexander