Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Roan

Roan (rōn) , adjective

[French rouan; compare Sp. roano, ruano, Italian 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. — Shakespeare
2.
Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
Collocations (1)
Roan antelope (Zoology) , 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.

Roan , noun

1.
The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
2.
A roan horse.
3.
A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. — DeColange
Collocations (1)
Roan tree (Botany) , See Rowan tree.