Rubican

Quick meaning: Rubican is an adjective meaning (rare, of a horse) Colored mostly red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or grey especially on the flanks.

Meaning

(rare, of a horse) Colored mostly red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or grey especially on the flanks.

Example Sentences

When both parents are brown, foals may be of any colour, also gray if one parent is rubican. The majority of foals, however, will likewise be brown.

There are other mixt kind of colours, such as the Rubican; which is when a black or sorrel Horse hath white Hairs here and there scattered upon his Body, but especially upon his Flanks.

The grayish and the flea-bitten differ from the rubican, in that the white hairs which form these markings are sufficiently numerous to change, locally, the nature of the base of the coat.

Synonyms for rubican

Depending on context, synonyms include rabicano.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rubious, rubific, rustred, rugosan, raspberry, rubricate.

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