noun a roan horse.
2. roan ·noun the color of a roan horse; a roan color.
3. roan ·adj made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
4. roan ·adj having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed;
said of a horse.
5. roan ·noun a kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, ·etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.