Roan

adj. having reddish-black hair with small patches of grey or white (about horses)

Roan may refer to:Battle of Roan's Tan Yard, an action during the American Civil WarJohn Roan school, a comprehensive secondary school in Blackheath, South-East LondonOld Roan F.C., a football club based at the John Roan School Playing FieldsRoan (color), a type of coat color in horses, and occasionally, dogs.Roan Antelope, an African grassland antelopeRoan Fel, a fictional character in the Star Wars expanded universeRoan Lands, a character from Star WarsThe Secret of Roan Inish, an independent film directed by John Sayles, released widely in 1994USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) (1946-1973), a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States NavyVarnish roan, describes a horse with coloration similar to greying"Strawberry Roan", a song about a horse of that color, by Marty Robbins
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Noun
1. a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
(hypernym) leather
2. horse having a roan coat
(hypernym) horse, Equus caballus
Adjective
1. (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray; "a roan horse"
(similar) colored, coloured, colorful

v. nibble, gnaw; pick

(n.)
The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
  

(n.)
A roan horse.
  

(n.)
A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
  

(a.)
Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
  

(a.)
Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.