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Definition of piebald adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

piebald

adjective
 
/ˈpaɪbɔːld/
 
/ˈpaɪbɔːld/
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  1. (of a horse) with areas on it of two colours, usually black and white synonym pinto compare skewbald
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from pie used in the naming of birds (because of the magpie's black-and-white plumage) + bald (in the obsolete sense ‘streaked with white’).
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