adj. & n.
adj. (of an animal, esp. a horse or cow) having a coat of which the prevailing colour is thickly interspersed with hairs of another colour, esp. bay or sorrel or chestnut mixed with white or grey.
n. a roan animal. blue roan adj. black mixed with white.
n. a blue roan animal. red roan adj. bay mixed with white or grey.
n. a red roan animal. strawberry roan adj. chestnut mixed with white or grey.
n. a strawberry roan animal.
[ OF, of unkn. orig. ]