ringstraked

[ ring-streykt ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. ring-streaked.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ringstraked¹

1605–15; ring ¹ + strake (in the obsolete sense “stripe of contrasting color”) + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

From Project Gutenberg

An' fwhat to a professional like Orth'ris is a few ringstraked shpots av black, brown, an' white?

From Project Gutenberg