Claybank

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dun-coloured horse. countable, uncountable

    "Reverdy made one action of throwing his leg over the claybank’s back to the ground, and slipping the bridle over the smooth peg left from the limb of the young tree-trunk which formed one of the posts of the porch."

  2. 2
    Dun; brownish-yellow. uncountable

    "I took Señorita Anabela for a walk in the lemon grove while Fergus, disfiguring himself with an ugly frown, was waltzing with the claybank girl."

Synonyms

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dun

Example

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"Reverdy made one action of throwing his leg over the claybank’s back to the ground, and slipping the bridle over the smooth peg left from the limb of the young tree-trunk which formed one of the posts of the porch."

Etymology

From clay + bank.

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