PIEBALDS

Noun

piebalds

plural of piebald

Source: Wiktionary


PIEBALD

Pie"bald`, a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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