skewbald

American  

[skyoo-bawld] / ˈskyuˌbɔld /

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

Example Sentences

I really wanted him to go to Sioux, a skewbald mare with a lovely personality.”

From The Guardian

“The Skewbald Horse,” a poem from the January 23, 1984, issue.

From The New Yorker

There are comical hybrids here, too: “The Barn at the End of Our Term” imagines a group of former Presidents as horses on a quiet farm, told from the point of view of Rutherford B. Hayes as a “skewbald pinto with a golden cowlick and a cross-eyed stare.”

From Seattle Times

Heather Kitching believes coloured horses should be able to compete on the racetracks of Britain The technical name for his colour is skewbald.

From BBC

Five was a skewbald cat and four a plum cake.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• marbled
• streaked