skewbald
[ skyoo-bawld ]
adjective
(especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
noun
a skewbald horse or pony.
Origin of skewbald
1Words Nearby skewbald
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How to use skewbald in a sentence
The dam, Tundra, was a yellow and white skewbald which had previously produced a light bay foal to a stallion of its own breed.
The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 | VariousYou're quite sure, Tommy, that—that stuff was—was only the skewbald's ear?'
Life's Handicap | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for skewbald
skewbald
/ (ˈskjuːˌbɔːld) /
adjective
marked or spotted in white and any colour except black
noun
a horse with this marking
Origin of skewbald
1C17: see skew, piebald
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