rubicann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈruːbɪk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈrubək(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rubican.

Etymology: < French rubican (adjective, of a horse's coat) having white patches, (noun) horse's coat with white patches, horse whose coat has white patches (1622), alteration (probably by association with rubicond rubicund adj., since the remainder of the horse's coat is often reddish in colour) of †rabican (1559 in Middle French) < Italian rabicano (1550 as †rapicano ; compare Rabicano as the name of a horse in Boiardo (a1494) and thence in Ariosto's Orlando furioso) and its etymon Spanish rabicano (although this is apparently first attested later: 1561) < rabo tail (a1250; probably < classical Latin rāpum rape n.⁵, the tail being so called on account of its shape; for parallels in several other European languages see J. Corominas Diccionario crítico etimólogico castellano e hispánico (1981) at rabo) + cano white, white-haired (a1250; < classical Latin cānus grey, hoary: see canous adj.).

A. n.

A horse having a black or sorrel coat with white patches, esp. on the flanks; the colour of such a horse. rare. Now historical. [In quot. 1601, as also in the Spanish work from which it is translated, apparently the proper name of a horse.]

ΚΠ

1601 tr. M. Martínez 9th Pt. Mirrour of Knight-hood xxiii. sig. Ii2 The Tinacrian paced ouer the field upon his Rubican [Sp. su Rubicano] (a better horse there was not in the world).]

1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman i. xxii. 81 There are other mixt kinds of colours, such as the Rubican, which is, when a Black, or Sorrel Horse, hath White hairs scattered here and there upon his body, but especially upon his Flanks.

2000 in P. Drake What did they Mean 255 The few early New York writings mentioning rubicans likely were references to horses marked as are modern-day Appaloosas.

†B. adj.

Of a horse: having this colour. Obsolete. N.E.D. (1910) has only quot. 1717 and remarks: ‘Also in various other dictionaries of the 18th cent., but apparently never in actual English use.’

ΚΠ

1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Colours of a Horse Rubican, is when a Black or Sorrel-Horse has white Hairs here and there scatter'd over his Body, more especially upon his Flanks.

1838 R. Southey Doctor V. cxliii. 56 For colour he was neither..blossom, roan, pye-bald, rubican, sorrel, [etc.].

1892 S. J. J. Harger tr. A. Goubaux & G. Barrier Exterior of Horse (ed. 2) vi. iii. 820 Norman gelding, light draught; dark chestnut bay, dappled, rubican.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rubican
释义	rubicann.adj. Brit. /ˈruːbɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈrubək(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rubican. Etymology: < French rubican (adjective, of a horse's coat) having white patches, (noun) horse's coat with white patches, horse whose coat has white patches (1622), alteration (probably by association with rubicond rubicund adj., since the remainder of the horse's coat is often reddish in colour) of †rabican (1559 in Middle French) < Italian rabicano (1550 as †rapicano ; compare Rabicano as the name of a horse in Boiardo (a1494) and thence in Ariosto's Orlando furioso) and its etymon Spanish rabicano (although this is apparently first attested later: 1561) < rabo tail (a1250; probably < classical Latin rāpum rape n.⁵, the tail being so called on account of its shape; for parallels in several other European languages see J. Corominas Diccionario crítico etimólogico castellano e hispánico (1981) at rabo) + cano white, white-haired (a1250; < classical Latin cānus grey, hoary: see canous adj.). A. n. A horse having a black or sorrel coat with white patches, esp. on the flanks; the colour of such a horse. rare. Now historical. [In quot. 1601, as also in the Spanish work from which it is translated, apparently the proper name of a horse.] ΚΠ 1601 tr. M. Martínez 9th Pt. Mirrour of Knight-hood xxiii. sig. Ii2 The Tinacrian paced ouer the field upon his Rubican [Sp. su Rubicano] (a better horse there was not in the world).] 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman i. xxii. 81 There are other mixt kinds of colours, such as the Rubican, which is, when a Black, or Sorrel Horse, hath White hairs scattered here and there upon his body, but especially upon his Flanks. 2000 in P. Drake What did they Mean 255 The few early New York writings mentioning rubicans likely were references to horses marked as are modern-day Appaloosas. †B. adj. Of a horse: having this colour. Obsolete. N.E.D. (1910) has only quot. 1717 and remarks: ‘Also in various other dictionaries of the 18th cent., but apparently never in actual English use.’ ΚΠ 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Colours of a Horse Rubican, is when a Black or Sorrel-Horse has white Hairs here and there scatter'd over his Body, more especially upon his Flanks. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. cxliii. 56 For colour he was neither..blossom, roan, pye-bald, rubican, sorrel, [etc.]. 1892 S. J. J. Harger tr. A. Goubaux & G. Barrier Exterior of Horse (ed. 2) vi. iii. 820 Norman gelding, light draught; dark chestnut bay, dappled, rubican. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1696
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