noun
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a brindled animal
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a brindled colouring
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of brindle
First recorded in 1670–80; back formation from brindled
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Stewart followed by sharing a "moment of zen" — a video clip of Dipper, a brindle pitbull mix, romping around in the snow.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
On the page, the bulldog — a gray brindle with a white chest and green eyes — is pictured with a small child and a wrapped Christmas present.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022
Jean took a liking to the brindle pit bull, which was too young to be left in a shelter cage until the storm passed, and knew he needed to find the animal a home.
From Fox News ● Sep. 4, 2019
She’s got a brindle coat that resembles a tiger.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2017
Her father’s gun hung over the door and good old Jack, the brindle bulldog, lay on guard before it.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Breed first to mahogany brindles, and bitches from this union to seal brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
It will readily be observed that we have bred into the white color, golden, mahogany and seal brindle and this admixture of color will give practically over ninety per cent. of desirable brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
After these divisions are made there are always some "off" horses, such as roans and browns, which are put into a lot by themselves and called the "brindles."
From George at the Fort Life Among the Soldiers by Harry Castlemon
The pups from these matings will come practically seventy-five per cent. medium seal brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
The females from the last matings breed to a medium seal brindle dog with a very glossy coat, and the result of these last matings will be good seal brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
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