meaning of roan
1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
3. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
4. A roan horse.
5. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc. , made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
6. horse having a roan coat