SKEWBALD


Meaning of SKEWBALD in English

■ adjective (of a horse) having irregular patches of white and another colour (properly not black).

■ noun a ~ horse.

Origin

C17: from obs. skewed '~' (of uncertain origin ), on the pattern of piebald .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.