skewbald

American  

[skyoo-bawld] / ˈskjuˌbɔld /

adjective

1. (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.

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noun

1. a skewbald horse or pony.

skewbald British  

/ ˈskjuːˌbɔːld /

adjective

1. marked or spotted in white and any colour except black

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noun

1. a horse with this marking

Etymology

Origin of skewbald

First recorded in 1645–55; skew + (pie)bald

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Example Sentences

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skewbald

He had a blue wagon, had George, with scarlet wheels and a green awning; and his horse was a red-and-white skewbald and jingled bells on its bridle.

From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon

That skewbald, barin—you might think it well to sell him, seeing that he is nothing but a rascal?

From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth

Tallantire drove his spurs into a rampant skewbald stallion with china- blue eyes, and settled himself for the forty-mile ride to Fort Ziar.

From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling

Five was a skewbald cat and four a plum cake.

From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie

I first made Billy's acquaintance in the Row, where a capable groom was teaching him to ride a very small skewbald pony.

From The Delectable Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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