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skewbald

American  
[skyoo-bawld] / ˈskyuˌbɔld /

adjective

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

noun

  1. a skewbald horse or pony.

skewbald British  
/ ˈskjuːˌbɔːld /

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a horse with this marking

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Etymology

Origin of skewbald

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

Example Sentences

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Piebald, skewbald or spavined, Britain's first national campaign in 3� years loped toward this week's Election Day with small enthusiasm.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.

Five was a skewbald cat and four a plum cake.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

It's this cantankerous skewbald that started the tantrum.

From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell

Among the rarer birds which are now on the market to compensate us may be mentioned the bobolink, the dwarf cassowary, the Bombay duckling and the skewbald fintail.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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