schimmeln.
/ˈskɪml/, U.S. /ˈskɪm(ə)l/, South African English /ˈskɪm(ə)l/ Chiefly South African.
A roan horse.
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1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvi. 609 There's..Kunz..coming down the market with three schimmels.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvi. 610 Up sprang Francis to the box, away went the schimmels, and Dobbin with his head on his breast.
1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow v You may take my best horse..the thorough~bred schimmel.
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 393/2 Saddle the blue schimmel and ride hard after Baas Hartley.
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