Meaning of rubican | Babel Free

Definitions

Colored mostly red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or grey especially on the flanks.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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