adjective Date: 1850 having a predominantly black color pattern with deep red or rusty tan usually on the feet, breeching, and cheek patches, above the eyes, and inside the ears, favoring or practicing proportional representation of whites and blacks in politics, frequented by both blacks and whites
BLACK-AND-TAN
Meaning of BLACK-AND-TAN in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012