Adjective: piebald 'pI,bold
- Having sections or patches coloured differently and usually brightly
"a piebald horse";
- motley, calico, multicolor [US], multi-color [US], multicolour [Brit, Cdn], multi-colour [Brit, Cdn], multicolored [US], multi-colored [US], multicoloured [Brit, Cdn], multi-coloured [Brit, Cdn], painted, particolored [US], particoloured [Brit, Cdn], pied, varicolored [US], varicoloured [Brit, Cdn], parti-color [N. Amer], parti-colour [Brit]
- A spotted or calico horse or pony
"Children at the fair were drawn to the colourful piebald pony"; "The children were delighted by the piebald horse's distinctive black and white patches";
- pinto [N. Amer], piebald horse [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: piebalds
See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn]
Type of: Equus caballus, horse, hoss [US, informal]
Encyclopedia: Piebald