Piebald \Pie"bald`\, a. [Pie the party-colored bird + bald.]
1. Having spots and patches of black and white, or other
colors; mottled; pied. ``A piebald steed of Thracian
strain.'' --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Mixed. ``Piebald languages.'' --Hudibras.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |