SKEWBALD


Meaning of SKEWBALD in English

adj. & n.

adj. (of an animal) with irregular patches of white and another colour (properly not black) (cf. PIEBALD).

n. a skewbald animal, esp. a horse.

[ ME skued (orig. uncert.), after PIEBALD ]

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