Definition of "roan"

Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in  examples

Made of the leather called roan.  examples

An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.  examples

The color of such an animal.  examples

A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.  quotations  examples

Archaic form of rowan (“kind of tree”).  examples