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skewbald
[ skyoo-bawld ]
/ ˈskyuˌbɔld /
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adjective
(especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
noun
a skewbald horse or pony.
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Words nearby skewbald
skeuomorph, skeuomorphism, skew, skew arch, skewback, skewbald, skewed, skewer, skewerwood, skew field, skewgee
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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.
You'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
Word Origin for skewbald
C17: see skew, piebald
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