■ adjective (of a horse) having irregular patches of two colours, typically black and white.
■ noun a ~ horse.
Origin
C16: from pie 2 (because of the magpie's black and white plumage) + bald (in the obs. sense 'streaked with white').
■ adjective (of a horse) having irregular patches of two colours, typically black and white.
■ noun a ~ horse.
Origin
C16: from pie 2 (because of the magpie's black and white plumage) + bald (in the obs. sense 'streaked with white').
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004