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    pie·bald
    /ˈpīˌbôld/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a horse) having irregular patches of two colors, typically black and white.

    noun

    • 1. a piebald horse or other animal.

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › piebaldPiebald Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Piebald is an adjective meaning composed of incongruous parts or of different colors, especially black and white. It is also a noun meaning a piebald animal, such as a horse. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and examples.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPIEBALD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Piebald means having a pattern of two different colours of hair, especially black and white, especially of an animal. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see related words and phrases, and find translations in other languages.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › piebaldPIEBALD Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Piebald definition: having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.. See examples of PIEBALD used in a sentence.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PiebaldPiebald - Wikipedia

    A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of unpigmented spots (white) on a pigmented background of hair, feathers or scales. Thus a piebald black and white dog is a black dog with white spots. The animal's skin under the white background is not pigmented.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › piebaldPiebald - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Use the adjective piebald to describe something that has different colored patches — especially black and white patches. If you own a piebald horse, you could name him Spot.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPIEBALD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Piebald is an adjective or noun that describes an animal with two different colors of hair, especially black and white. Learn how to use piebald in a sentence, see related words and phrases, and find translations in other languages.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › piebald_adjpiebald, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    Piebald is an adjective and noun that means having white and black patches on the body, especially of animals. It comes from pie (white) and bald (bare). See examples, pronunciation and related words.