claybank

[ kley-bangk ]

noun

1. a dull yellow color; dun; brownish-yellow.
2. a horse of this color

claybank

/ ˈkleɪˌbæŋk /

noun

1. 1. a dull brownish-orange colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      a claybank horse

Word History and Origins

Origin of claybank¹

First recorded in 1745–55; clay + bank ¹

Example Sentences

Fergus was at the other end of the room trying to break away from two maroons and a claybank girl.

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Some of them waded in the river and caught a curious fish in holes in the claybank.

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"It'll be a lot safer after I've emptied it into the first claybank, outside town," Rand told him.

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

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"Keep that a while for me, mister," he said, chewing at the end of a virulent claybank cigar.

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