roached

English

Etymology

From the noun roach (“curve, edge of a sail”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊtʃt

Adjective

A pony with a roached mane.

roached (not comparable)

1. (US) 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.
2. (by extension) Of hair: cut or styled in such a way that it stands straight up.
   • 1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post‎^[1]:

     Andrew Jackson, with that long head of his and that unroached forelock, looked a good deal like a neglected horse in the face.

   • 1921, George Washington Ogden, Trail's End‎^[2]:

     Riley Caldwell, the young printer, rushed past her out of the shop, his roached hair like an Algonquin's standing high above his narrow forehead,

Verb

roached

1. simple past and past participle of roach

Anagrams

• Decorah, deroach