The Clue
Equine tone (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ROAN
Tags
Notes
The answer ROAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Grizzle
Horse
Sheepskin
Alternative to chestnut
Bookbinder's leather
Bookbinding leather
Brown-and-white
Colorful horse
Dappled horse
Equine color
Equine shade
Horse color
Horse hue
Horse of a sort
Imitation morocco
Leather from sheepskin
Reddish-brown
Reddish horse
Reddish shade
Ruddy steed
Sheepskin leather
Sorrel's kin
Speckled steed
Stable shade
Stablemate of a sorrel
Type of feather
Horse of a certain color
Horse of a certain hue
A horse of a different color?
Horse of a different color
Horse of a different color?
Horse of different colors
Mixed-with-white, as horsehair
Racing-form word
Rust sprinkled with white
Sheepskin book binding
Sheepskin used in bookbinding
Like Robinson Jeffers's stallion
Barbary ___, favorite horse of Richard II
Definition
ROAN as a noun:
1. a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
2. a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
ROAN as an adjective:
1. (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse"