bawsunt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bausant (“black and white spotted”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːsənt/

Adjective

bawsunt (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare, literary, or dialectal) Having white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
    • 1985, The Powys Review‎[1], volume 5, numbers 17-20:
      Far off the bawsunt mountains jirk, Their kaim o' ribie trees. Like howlets roostin' roon' aboot, Are a' the seas.

References

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