strawberry roan

American  

noun

1. a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.

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Etymology

Origin of strawberry roan

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

She was going to send the strawberry roan back hitched behind the supply wagon.

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell

The man on the strawberry roan lurched wildly, groaned, and pitched headlong from his saddle, landing in the creek edge with a loud splash.

From Kid Wolf of Texas by Powers, Paul S. (Paul Sylvester)

Thereupon the strawberry roan, who had looked fit for a girthsling three hours before, tossed his head and pranced daintily out of the arena amid a ringing round of applause.

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

A man on a strawberry roan, yuh say?

From Kid Wolf of Texas by Powers, Paul S. (Paul Sylvester)

Mrs. Newbolt cut across fields, arriving at the Chase farm almost as soon as Sol Greening did on his strawberry roan.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)