PIEBALD


Meaning of PIEBALD in English

■ 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').

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