Roan /(rōn)/

Roan

a.
  1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
    Give my roan a drench.
  2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.

Phrases & Compounds

Roan antelope
a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.

Roan

n.
  1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
  2. A roan horse.
  3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

Phrases & Compounds

Roan tree
See Rowan tree.