Roan

1
adjective
- Describing an animal (especially a horse or a cow) that has a coat of a main color that is thickly interspersed with hairs of another color. Typically bay, chestnut, or black mixed with white.

noun
- An animal that has such a coat.

2
noun
- Soft flexible leather made from sheepskin, used in bookbinding as a cheap substitute for morocco (goatskin tanned with sumac).

Remuda

noun
- A herd of saddle-broken horses from which ranch hands choose their mounts for the day.

Founder

1
noun
- Somebody who makes things from cast metal.
- The owner of a foundry.

2
verb
- (Nautical) To fill with water and sink.
- (Figurative) To fail or break down.
- (Of a horse) To succumb to laminitis.

noun
- Laminitis in horses or other hoofed animals.

Liason

noun
- A communication or cooperative effort that sustains a close working relationship between people or groups.
- A person who acts as a link in such a relationship.
- A sexual relationship, especially a clandestine one.

- The binding or thickening agent of a sauce, often based on egg yolks.

- (Phonetics) (French, and other languages) The sounding of a consonant that is normally silent at the end of the word because the word following starts with a vowel.

Pas de deux

noun
(Dance, Ballet)
- A dance for two people.
- A partnership or liaison between two people, countries, entities, especially such a partnership that is difficult to initiate, or that requires delicate handling.

Decant

verb
- To pour (a liquid, wine) gently, so as not to disturb sediment.
- To pour (a liquid) from one container to another.

Loam

noun
- Soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter.
- A mixture of moist clay and sand, and often straw, used in making bricks and foundry molds.

verb
- To fill, cover, or coat with loam.