parti-coloured
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of parti-coloured
C16 parti, from (obsolete) party of more than one colour, from Old French: striped, from Latin partīre to divide
Example Sentences
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Harder to cope When things got steeper, and a mountain cat With parti-coloured pelt, light on its feet, In a trice was in my face and stayed like that, Barring my way, encouraging retreat.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013
Gentlemen showed their legs to an equally startling extent Their clothes were parti-coloured.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
They have for the most part been constructed in parti-coloured marbles on some portion of the floor of the church.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
From him the Dean's eyes travelled to a couple of parti-coloured sticks, one at each end of the plot.
From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.
It is a bird of elegant form and beautiful parti-coloured plumage, active in its habits, a nimble runner, and an indefatigable hunter after food.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
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