claybank

American  

[kley-bangk] / ˈkleɪˌbæŋk /

noun

1. a dull yellow color; dun; brownish-yellow.

2. a horse of this color

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claybank British  

/ ˈkleɪˌbæŋk /

noun

1. 1. a dull brownish-orange colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a claybank horse

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Etymology

Origin of claybank

First recorded in 1745–55; clay + bank ¹

Example Sentences

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claybank

I'm tireder nor a claybank hoss arter a hard day's plowin', an' I'm ez dry ez a lime-kiln.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

You see, she knew that Mrs. Quack's home was right at the foot of a red claybank.

From Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

The boys got on very well with their packing until they came to the claybank horse which had given Moise so much trouble.

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson

But as he approached meek-looking old Billy, the latter laid back his ears and kicked violently at the claybank, hitting him in the shoulder a resounding thwack.

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson

In color she was "claybank," with great blotches of white, as if she had been pelted with small bags of flour.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales by Bierce, Ambrose