Lexicographical Neighbors of Skewbalds
Literary usage of Skewbalds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse by William Ridgeway (1905)
"... generally red, and occasionally black, the skewbalds sometimes seen among them
at the present day being possibly descended from Icelandic ancestors. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... including Arabians, Barbs, Spanish Jennets, Hudson's Bay Horses, Grey Mares,
Suffolk (and Fleet Street) Punches; Piebalds and skewbalds; Hunters, Hacks, ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"... improved breeds of the world have been produced as well as the various shades
of grey, rufous- grey, skewbalds, piebalds, chestnut, and bluck (p. 423). ..."
4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"... generally red and occasionally black, the skewbalds sometimes seen among them
at the present day being possibly descended from Icelandic ancestors'. i ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Whites, grays, piebalds or skewbalds, etc., are required only for special purposes.
Light, washy-colored horses are not accepted. Sex.—Geldings or mares. ..."
6. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"John Cooper followed, drawn also by four skewbalds or piebalds. A troop of horsemen
formed the flank, composed of bruisers, jockeys, tavern-keepers, ..."
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