ROANS
Noun
roans
plural of roan
Anagrams
• Rasŏn, SONAR, arson, orans, saron, sonar, sorna
Source: Wiktionary
ROAN
Roan, a. Etym: [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. 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. Shak.
2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. Roan antelope
(Zoöl.), 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, n.
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. Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition