Meaning of PIEBALD
| Pronunciation: | | 'pI`bold
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert,"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" |
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| | Synonyms: | | colored, colorful, coloured, in color(p), motley, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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| | Definition: | | \Pie"bald`\, a. [Pie the party-colored bird + bald.]
1. Having spots and patches of black and white, or other
colors; mottled; pied. ``A piebald steed of Thracian
strain.'' --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Mixed. ``Piebald languages.'' --Hudibras.
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| | Related Terms: | | bay, bayard, buckskin, calico, calico pony, chestnut, clouded, dapple, dappled, dapple-gray, dun, gray, grizzle, marbled, motley, mottled, paint, painted pony, pepper-and-salt, pied, pinto, roan, skewbald, sorrel |
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