2 entries under this word

Roan

Rōan, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. rouan, Sp. roano, from Lat. ravus, gray-yellow.] Having a bay, sorrel, or dark color, with spots of gray, or white, thickly interspersed; — said of a horse.

Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.

Rōan, n.

noun

n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.

A roan horse.
A kind of leather for book-binding, made from sheep-skin, in imitation of morocco. Tomlinson.