/rohn/ , adj.
1. (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
2. prepared from leather of this color.
n.
3. a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
4. a roan color.
5. a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.
[ 1520-30; roano rauths red ]