Dictionary entry

Roan

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Roan (rōn), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; — said of a horse.

Give my roan a drench. Shak.

2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.

Roan antelope(Zoöl.), a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.