Word Study
skewbald
CIDE DICTIONARY
skewbald, a.
Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
skewbald, adj. & n.
--adj. (of an animal) with irregular patches of white and another colour (properly not black) (cf. PIEBALD).
--n. a skewbald animal, esp. a horse.
--adj. (of an animal) with irregular patches of white and another colour (properly not black) (cf. PIEBALD).
--n. a skewbald animal, esp. a horse.
Etymology
ME skued (orig. uncert.), after PIEBALD
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