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.

Etymology: ME skued (orig. uncert.), after PIEBALD

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.