'bastard gemsbok' definitions:

Definition of 'bastard gemsbok'

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  • Roan \Roan\ (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.]
  • 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • Give my roan a drench. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. [1913 Webster]
  • Roan antelope (Zool.), a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, {equine antelope}, and bastard gemsbok. [1913 Webster]