claybank

American  

[klay-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

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Example Sentences

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claybank

Upon freeing itself from the frozen claybank, the sausage balloon, with Dave Tower, Jarvis and the unconscious stranger on board, rose rapidly.

From Panther Eye by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

The young claybank horse, which made Moise so much trouble, now undertook to usurp a place just back of Betsy instead of falling to the rear of the train where he belonged.

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Emerson Hough

And presently David he sobered; and says he, "Hain't that-air Squire Hanch's old Buggy," he says, "and claybank mare?"

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris

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 Emerson Hough

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 Ambrose Bierce

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