SKEWBALD Definition & Meaning

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skewbald

[ skyoo-bawld ]

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adjective

(especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.

noun

a skewbald horse or pony.

skewbald

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adjective

marked or spotted in white and any colour except black

noun

a horse with this marking

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of skewbald¹

First recorded in 1645–55; skew + (pie)bald

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of skewbald¹

C17: see skew , piebald

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I really wanted him to go to Sioux, a skewbald mare with a lovely personality.”

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“The Skewbald Horse,” a poem from the January 23, 1984, issue.

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There are comical hybrids here, too: “The Barn at the End of Our Term” imagines a group of former Presidents as horses on a quiet farm, told from the point of view of Rutherford B. Hayes as a “skewbald pinto with a golden cowlick and a cross-eyed stare.”

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Heather Kitching believes coloured horses should be able to compete on the racetracks of Britain The technical name for his colour is skewbald.

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Five was a skewbald cat and four a plum cake.

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