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skewbald
[skyoo-bawld]
adjective
(especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
noun
a skewbald horse or pony.
skewbald
/ ˈːˌɔː /
adjective
marked or spotted in white and any colour except black
noun
a horse with this marking
Word History and Origins
Origin of skewbald1
Example Sentences
I really wanted him to go to Sioux, a skewbald mare with a lovely personality.”
“The Skewbald Horse,” a poem from the January 23, 1984, issue.
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.”
Heather Kitching believes coloured horses should be able to compete on the racetracks of Britain The technical name for his colour is skewbald.
Five was a skewbald cat and four a plum cake.
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