bawsunt

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UK/ˈbɔːsənt/

adjective

Having white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).

OriginOld French bausant →
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Meanings

adjectivebawsunt (not comparable)

alternative bausond · alternative bawsond

  1. archaicdialectalliterarynot comparablerareHaving white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).

    Far off the bawsunt mountains jirk, Their kaim o' ribie trees. Like howlets roostin' roon' aboot, Are a' the seas.

    1985, The Powys Review, volume 5, numbers 17-20

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbausant“black and white spotted”
  2. Englishbawsunt

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

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APA

bawsunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawsunt

MLA

“bawsunt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawsunt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bawsunt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawsunt.

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