pie|bald

pie|bald
pie|bald «PY BLD», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. spotted in two colors, especially white and black or another dark color: »

a piebald horse.

2. Figurative. mixed or mongrel: »

Here we are, a society and a nation…a vast and piebald congregation (Maurice Hewlett).

–n.
a piebald animal, especially a horse.
[apparently < pie2 + bald, with the meanings “spotted,” or “white” (because of the magpie's pied plumage)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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