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Definition of Roached
1. Adjective. Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roached
1. roach [v] - See also: roach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roached
Literary usage of Roached
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"He dressed in the old-fashioned fair-top boots and short«; ruffled shirt, buff
vest, and hair, a grizzly ! gray, roached up flat and stiff in front, ..."
2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"... organization also had a brief existence, becoming extinct through losses in
battle. THE roached HEADS. ..."
3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"roached. A corrupted form of raught, the ancient preterite of reach. " She roached
the bacon down out of the rack." Nearly obsolete. ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Surgery by William Williams (1894)
"... "roached back." It is important to remember the action of these muscled, for
when injured they cease to act, and the haunch will be thrown into the ..."
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