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palomino orig. U.S.|pæləʊˈmiːnəʊ|
Also palamino.
[Amer. Sp., a. Sp. palomino f. L. palumbīnus of or resembling a dove.]
A light brown or cream-coloured horse with pale mane and tail, believed to have been developed from Arab stock. Also attrib.
1914Sunset May 995/1 A Palomino stallion with arching neck and muscle-ridged barrel led the dozen brown and mottled mares of his seraglio up a silent hillside. 1932H. W. Bentley Dict. Spanish Terms in Eng. 176 Palomino..A term commonly used in the Southwest and California to describe a horse of a silver yellow color. 1935J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat x. 180 You will ride a palomino horse. 1936New Yorker 18 Apr. 12/3 He made a fine entrance on his palomino. 1949Esquire Mar. 29/1 They'll reserve a golden palomino horse for you—all yours for the length of your stay. 1955W. Foster-Harris Look of Old West viii. 239 Palominos are gold-colored horses, light tan or cream, with white manes—a color variant, not a breed. 1958Times 18 Sept. 13/3 Her favourites are not only Arabs, but, also, Thoroughbreds, Percherons..with, as runners-up, Hackneys, Hunters, Palominos. 1959Sunday Express 19 Apr. 5/6 Her Palamino pony-breeding business in Warwickshire. 1967[see circus-trick]. 1973Country Life 8 Mar. 654/3 (heading) British Palomino Society annual show. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 2 July 11-C/6 (Advt.), 4 year old Palamino mare. Good kid & ranch horse. $300.
2. A pale golden-brown colour.
1951H. MacInnes Neither Five nor Three i. ii. 27 Her blonde palomino-rinsed head turned towards Mrs. Hershey. 1960Times 31 Oct. 1/3 Mink Coat..and Palamino Stole. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet vii. 159 The mink breeders.., always searching for different colours{ddd}name each variety, the more generally known being:{ddd}Palomino..: Honey-gold. |